But the science team on Curiosity needed a target to try out the first close-contact work using the rover's arm-held X-ray-spectrometer, APXS. So the dark pyramid was chosen and informally given the name Jake Matijevic in honour of a recently deceased rover engineer.
Most towns and cities, rather than giving up on money-losing munis, will first try farming out management to private firms, hoping for a turnaround, or spruce up their courses to prevailing standards.