TEGA - Round 2 |
TEGA - Round 2 |
Jul 19 2008, 12:04 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I challenge you not to look at this and make a ping/spring/boing happy sort of a noise.
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/lg_14223.jpg |
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Aug 8 2008, 05:16 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: 5-October 06 Member No.: 1227 |
Yes, it does appear that now *every* remaining oven has at least some soil perched above its door so that when it is opened some soil may fall in. Pure, controlled, TEGA sampling and testing no longer looks possible.
A vacuum was suggested, but what about a simple coring mechanism on the end of the arm for taking core samples of soil or ice and then delivering/extruding them into on-deck instruments precisely with no spill. Maybe in 20-20 hindsight such a simple mechanism may have worked better. (The funnel shaped channel in the bottom of the scoop looks like it could have better directed sample delivery, but it does not seem to work because of the clumpyness. In dry powder-like simulants I am sure it does a fine job of precise sample delivery...) |
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