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Figure 3. Taos Plateau, NM, at the surface. Dave Scott and Jim Irwin train on the rim of the Rio Grande gorge, a 1:1 analogue to Hadley Rille, Apollo 15 exploration site (Schaber, 2002). Field training continues here for Space Shuttle, International Space Station astronauts, some of whom may explore Mars or direct a Mars mission from the ground.