Bullock adds that Nili Fossae «seems like a very compelling new candidate landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory.» (newscientist.com)
«If the reported hypothesis is true, then this would be a prime candidate landing site to search for possible extant life on Mars,» says Brian Hynek, a research scientist at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US. (newscientist.com)
Dr Williford also discussed the three remaining candidate landing sites for the Mars 2020 mission. (sciencedaily.com)