Curious Scientists Use ENVI and IDL to Delve into Mysteries on Mars "What's out there?" is a question that captured our collective imagination long before we actually traveled into space to explore it. With the recent Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars, once again all eyes are turned skyward. Exelis Visual Information Solutions is helping scientists on the Mars Curiosity rover team answer that age old question with its geospatial image and data analysis software that lets scientists dig deeper than ever before into the red planet. If a Picture = 1000 Words on Earth, How Much is it Worth on Mars? As it turns out, analyzing geospatial images taken some 179 million miles away isn't as daunting as it sounds. Ralph Milliken, Assistant Professor of Geology at Brown University who is workin

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