‘Pico Torquino’ is ~200 meters WSW, it’s one of the science waypoints identified by JPL in the crater rim campaign.
Image credits: HRSC: ESA/DLR/FU-BERLIN, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO CTX: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS HiRISE: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
‘Pico Torquino’ is ~200 meters WSW, it’s one of the science waypoints identified by JPL in the crater rim campaign.
Image credits: HRSC: ESA/DLR/FU-BERLIN, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO CTX: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS HiRISE: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
I’ve not had the pleasure of visiting any of those analog locations, but I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting a few of the remote deserts in the middle East in my working years. Granted I was there for work, but did get to explore / enjoy the places during downtime :) I’m with you regarding the need to be sure of the environment before we put boots on the Martian surface, but that could have been done years ago, even decades ago. The 60’s was an amazing time to witness what was being achieved. Hopefully there will be a similar period in the future. Time will tell.