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An interview with Steve Squyres
by Henry Bortman

for Astrobiology Magazine
Pasadena - Jul 06, 2004

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-mers-04zzzzzh.html

After a long trek across the floor of Gusev Crater, NASA's Spirit rover arrived late last month at the base of the Columbia Hills. Scientists believe that the hills are older than the surrounding plain, and holds clues to Gusev's more-distant past.
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