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Mission design for the Mars Exploration Rover mission

Ralph B. Roncoli, Jan M. Ludwinski

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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project, will conduct fundamentally new observations of Mars geology, including the first micro-scale study of rock samples, as well as a detailed study of surface environments for the purpose of calibrating and validating orbital remote sensing data.

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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project, will conduct fundamentally new observations of Mars geology, including the first micro-scale study of rock samples, as well as a detailed study of surface environments for the purpose of calibrating and validating orbital remote sensing data.

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The Mars Exploration Rover (MER) project, will conduct fundamentally new observations of Mars geology, including the first micro-scale study of rock samples, as well as a detailed study of surface environments for the purpose of calibrating and validating orbital remote sensing data.

Key concepts: Mars Exploration Program, Mars rover, Exploration of Mars, Astrobiology, Mars landing, Geology, Remote sensing, Planetary exploration

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