[Looking for Diogenes]

"It's a hole in the ground," he said. "It's a window into the interior of Mars."

I'll never look at a pothole quite the same - now they're "windows into the the interior of the Earth."

I read that the control team is concerned about a sand trap. hey have a protocol for testing the looseness of the soil with one wheel.

[PMCarey]

I read that the control team is concerned about a sand trap. hey have a protocol for testing the looseness of the soil with one wheel.

I know they're not allowed to ground their club while in the sand trap. Can they use a wheel?

[mvpel]

If the rover gets stuck in the sand, just have one of the geologists walk over and pluck it out.

Oh... wait... nevermind.