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Bobby
While Spirit still Sleeps

Oppy is going to keep driving onto The Parking Lot without parking itself for a long time. wheel.gif wheel.gif wheel.gif

http://www.planetary.org/news/2010/0831_Ma...ate_Spirit.html
fredk
A few highlights:

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“We’re going to try and beat MSL to find phyllosilicates,” Arvidson announced.

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“The wheels are very well-behaved,” reported Callas. “We’re quite pleased with the current levels of all the wheels.”

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“The rim is connected and the northern part that is closest, Cape York, and the surrounding hydrated sedimentary rocks at Botany Bay, where we are heading, are on a lower part of the rim, so we just cannot see them yet,” Arvidson reminded.

About this last quote, have we heard a reference to Botany Bay at Endeavour before? They seem to agree that York is somewhat inside Endeavour.
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