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it's been seven years since the rover's

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landed on Mars this was originally a

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90-day mission only three months the

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fact that they lasted this long and

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driven this far was a nobody's

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imagination opportunity is crossed

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almost 26 kilometers of the dama tree

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and it's still in very good health but

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opportunities and kind of a desert trek

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mode ever since we've left Victoria

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opportunity now is located at Santa

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Maria crater it's one of the freshest

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craters that either Rovers had a chance

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to explore and there's also evidence of

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some hydrated sulfate minerals around

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the southeast corner of this crater they

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can only form when there's been water

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along for a really long period of time

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the next big adventure for that rover

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and that's to get to Endeavour crater

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which is a giant crater that's still

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some six kilometers away from where the

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rover is right now we're trying to do a

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balance of driving as fast as we can but

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making sure we don't miss anything

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critical as we drive endeavours such a

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large crater we might start seeing rocks

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ejected from Endeavour well before we

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get there that's our next big objective

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because we know there are these clay

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minerals present in the rim of Endeavour

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crater that is suggestive of ancient

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water on Mars that was a neutral pH

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neutral water is what astrobiologists

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assess that life started in and so the

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fact that there is evidence of ancient

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neutral water on Mars is very exciting

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for the viable potential of the planet

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it's an exciting time