Thomas Lee Elifritz ) wrote:
: January 24, 2005

: Spirit Daily Update

: So, when confronted with bizarre Mars rock formations that defy
: description and beg investigation, what does Squeers and his band of
: geeks do? They drive right by, turn the camera the other way, and take
: vast panoramas of endless barren landscapes nearly devoid of features.

: It's NASAs new faith based space initiative, when confronted with the
: unknown, or difficult terrain, drive right by and look the other way.

I think you are being overly harsh on Dr. Squyres. During his talk about
Mars earlier this month he was quite informative. The fact that you see
something in the Martian soil equivalent to tea leaves and dinosaur
droppings, doesn't make the scientific community actually exploring Mars
remiss. You should have been the PI for your own probe.

Have you had a chance to investigate the RAT tool's findings when used to
scrape rocks?

Eric

: Thomas Lee Elifritz
: http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net