However, Spirit has also gotten a jump start on its summer science plans, examining a silica-rich outcrop that adds information about a long-gone environment that had hot water or steam.

• 然而，勇气号仍然为它的夏季科学计划取得了开门红。它对一块富含硅的岩石出露地区的考察增加了我们对火星上早已消失的含热水（流）环境的信息。