Sol 22 and after, Digging in Wonderland |
Sol 22 and after, Digging in Wonderland |
Jun 17 2008, 03:07 PM
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Here's a Sol 22 image of the new trenching area at the extreme right edge of the work area. I brightened the shadow to show the whole trench.
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Jun 26 2008, 08:07 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
This question's been asked in press briefings. There's no intention to dig deeply into ice -- the deep digging discussed in the mission planning was to get to the ice, not into it. Digging now will be to expose the ice table, examine its contours, see what happens as it goes toward the polygon boundaries. They'll rasp into it to get samples but my understanding is that they don't plan to try to get deeply into its interior -- if I understand correctly, they won't get more than a few millimeters into it.
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