On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:07:44 +0000, Cardman
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:05:01 -0500, Michael Gallagher
wrote:

.... And if the human crew is equipped with their own rover, how
far could they go from the lander? Probably a LOT farther than 125
feet in three months!

Over 1 km in the remainder of these three months.


A manned Mars mission could do that one klick in *one day.*

spirit can do a lot as well, like tell you how long water remained
at this site, if at all.


I don't doubt it. A manned follow-on with lab equipment on site could
do even more, though.