The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
The western route, 5th leg after stop at Absecon / Reeds Bay |
Jul 11 2009, 05:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Time for a new thread.
After moving southwards for ages, the "detour" by the western path has started with a 60+ meters drive on sol 1942. There are no images yet --they should be available on the next update-- so this image was calculated solely based on the rover's mobility info. I'll update the route map later. |
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Jul 28 2009, 10:53 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Jul 28 2009, 02:12 PM
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This is probably a stupid question, but.....
Are meteorites on Mars actually interesting? I'm fully aware that BI may be a piece of deep ejecta, and appreciate why that would make it worth investigating, but the rovers have seen a couple well identified meteorites, and spent some considerable time going over them. What can we learn from them that is different than what we would learn from meteorites on Earth? CE |
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Jul 28 2009, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
...the rovers have seen a couple well identified meteorites, and spent some considerable time going over them. The rocks did not become "well identified" until after going over them. An assumption that a rock is a meteorite before inspection could turn out to be wrong. More is learned about the geology of Mars if the rocks turn out to be Martian, but I guess the crater counters are interested in the number of surviving meteors on the surface. |
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