Sol 12 on onward general imaging, First TEGA delivery |
Sol 12 on onward general imaging, First TEGA delivery |
Jun 7 2008, 09:01 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Looks like the Sol 12 images are coming down
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images.php?...3286&cID=50 Motion in the scoop for sure, so hopefully a full delivery will be imaged...in full. |
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Jun 9 2008, 01:18 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah, I agree.
This may also partially obviate the cross-sample contamination problem from the spillage. Clearly the scoop's not gonna be perfectly clean each time, so any fall-ins are just a bit more in the load; unavoidable. What interests me is just why the soil is both cohesive and "sticky". Gotta be pure electrostatics from the dry, dry environment combined with the extremely fine nature of the material. I wonder how many DC volts you might measure between two copper posts about 100m apart. (Probably not much due to the random distribution of charges in the soil, but more then you'd see even in Death Valley on Earth, I bet.) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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