CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE VIA ORBITAL INVESTIGATIONS IS PROPOSED HERE. WE WILL BE ANALYZING DATA COLLECTED BY THE MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER (MRO) THAT IS CURRENTLY IN ORBIT AT MARS. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS FOR WORK FUNDED TO DR. BISHOP AS A CO-I ON THE CRISM (COMPACT RECONNAISSANCE IMAGING SPECTROMETER FOR MARS) TEAM WHERE DR. BISHOP IS LEADING THE SPECTRAL IDENTIFICATION TASKS RELATED TO HYDRATED MINERALS AND SURFACE ALTERATION.

Seti Institute, Mountain View CA

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