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where it looks like a river
once flowed, he said.
The first probe will
land in Gusev crater,
which is prone to torna
does called “dust devils,”
Lemmon said.
“These are larger than
tornadoes on Earth.”
Lemmon said. “However,
these storms pose no
threat to the rover because
of the thin atmosphere.”
The second probe will
land on a vast plain where
researchers have found a
mineral that is also found
in hot springs on Earth, he
said.
The large amount of
dust in Mars’ atmosphere
becomes an issue since the
probes are powered by the
sun, he said. Lemmon said
he will also be monitoring
the amount of dost to pro
vide early warning of any
potential power shortages.
The probes contains a
camera to snap pictures of
rock color and shape,
Lemmon said. There is also
a microscope and an instru
ment to grind and polish
rocks to check for rust, he
said.
Lemmon said his first
mission used a rover the
size of a Tonka truck that
could only travel four
yards from the lander. The
rover on this mission is
the size of a golf cart and
can roam the planet wher
ever he directs it, he said.
“We’re looking at an
even bigger one (in) the
future,” Lemmon said.
Admissions
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the Monday meeting with lawmakers.
“This is going to be one of the areas we
have to focus on, is persuading these young
people one at a time if necessary, that Texas
A&M is the place for them.”
“My concern is, I want every student at
A&M to be able to look at every other stu
dent and know that they all got in on the
same basis, on the basis of personal merit,
personal achievement, qualities of their per
son,” Gates said. “Because of who they are
rather than what they are. 1 know this isn’t
the general position but it seems to me that
if we combine that with a very aggressive
effort to go out and bring more minorities to
Texas A&M. that we can show that we are
serious about having a more diverse campus
and be successful in that effort.”
Associated Press writer April Castro and
Battalion writer Sarah Szuminski con
tributed to this report.
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few weeks behind them
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we can make A&M a 1
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