Selection of the Final Four Landing Sites for the Mars Exploration Rovers
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Golombek, J. Grant, T. Parker, D. Kass, J. Crisp, S. Squyres, M. Carr, M. Adler, R. Zurek, A. Haldemann, R. Arvidson, and C. Weitz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91109, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546.
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