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Old January 14th 04, 05:03 PM
Joe Knapp
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Default Spirit Rover Nearly Ready to Roll


"David Knisely" wrote
The large clump of hills, for example, is roughly
southeast of the lander.


Per yesterday's press briefing, they are currently calling these the
"eastern hills," but a more poetic name is reportedly under consideration.
The current plan is to investigate a nearby crater (250 meters) which is the
deepest one within range. After that, they will head for the hills and see
how close they can get! Pretty dramatic I'd say.

Here's a crop of the eastern hills:

http://www.copperas.com/astro/easthills.jpg

And closer:

http://www.copperas.co/astro/easthills2.jpg

Joe