"Hagar" wrote in message

"Blurrt" wrote:

NASA should fund two more identical rover missions using the
Spirit rover
design but drop them into more challenging places. They could
be ready for
launch in 2007 (or 2005 if back-up hardware was used and the
money could be
put in place). If a system works - why not use it?

Because George W. Bush has ordered the cancellation of
everything that doesn't directly swupport his moonbase.

Not to the detriment of appropriate unmanned spacecraft serving as
"pathfinders".

Jon