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re: Opportunity pushing for Victoria Crater

There is a very large very erroded crater, about 10-15km ESE of Victoria

http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/landingsites/mer2003/topsites/final/HematiteWest/maps/Hematite_mid.jpg

or
http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/landingsites/mer2003/topsites/final/HematiteWest/maps/Hematite_small.jpg

or
http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/01/24/

Personally - the terrain between here and there looks like a mixture of much of the terrain we had to struggle through to get to the annulus of Victoria, and I could imagine a lot of purgatory dune type events between here and there.

Obviously - with extreme longevity one might say "well - we are well and truely finished with Victoria, might as well go SOMEWHERE else" Better to try and find something new instead of just parking up and thumb-twiddling.

It would be astonishing to have Phoenix, Spirit and Opportunity all working, with MRO acting as relay for all of them.

Doug

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