MSL Video |
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Jun 5 2006, 08:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 321 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Cape Canaveral Member No.: 734 |
Saw the MSL video, which was similar to the MER video. It was awesome. Will try to get a copy
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Jun 7 2006, 03:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
How is the chem cam + laser going to detect the rock underneath this rind and not just the ubiquitous dust covering? The laser itself clears the dust and then vaporizes the rock surface layer by layer for spectroscopic analysis (of the vaporized material, I assume). The area sampled by the laser is 0.5 to 1mm in diameter but I wonder what the maximum depth is that can be reached. There's an interesting pdf power point presentation here: http://libs.lanl.gov/ChemCam_Fact_Sheet.pdf |
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