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 31 2009, 04:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
Strictly speaking, our moon IS early earthly ejecta. Good point, Dan. I can't help but wonder if any parts of the moon escaped melting and homogenization in the event. Mars does of course have the advantage of an atmosphere, so hand-specimen sized meteorites can survive their arrival intact. Meteorites of any size hitting the moon are going to be mostly vaporized on impact. ... Oh, yeah. That changes everything. There are not going to be many macroscopic samples of early earth on the moon. That's a good argument for a sample-return mission to Mars. -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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Jul 31 2009, 08:10 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Arabia Terra Member No.: 12 |
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/opportuni...B8P2390L5M1.JPG
Wow, the pits are full of blueberries! That means that Block Island must have been buried and then exhumed by erosion- just like terrestrial desert meteorites found on deflation surfaces! |
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