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Would it be possible, given Opportunitys experience with exploring inside craters, that the rover could hunt for water ice at the bottom of an enormous crater like Endeavor, when it arrives?

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Would it be possible, given Opportunitys experience with exploring inside craters, that the rover could hunt for water ice at the bottom of an enormous crater like Endeavor, when it arrives?

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Dr. Stroupe: Anything is certainly possible, though I don’t think Opportunity is quite at the latitudes where they’re finding water. Given the thin Martian atmosphere, anything on the surface is long gone and Opportunity can’t dig very deep. So it isn’t very likely, but not impossible!