The twin 300-pound rovers, scheduled to land on Mars within three weeks of each other in January 2004, will each carry two cameras, five instruments and a " abrasion tool " designed to scrape away weathered rock surfaces and reveal the chemical composition of the ancient rocks, officials said Thursday.
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Reviewers McClay and Roger Ebert have noted that the monolith is the main element of mystery in the film, Ebert writing of " The shock of the monolith's straight edges and square corners among the weathered rocks ", and describing the apes warily circling it as prefiguring man reaching " for the stars ".
