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Rock Dating Experiments, Feasibility?
Stephen
post Mar 17 2005, 07:41 AM
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I notice they haven't included among MSL's experiment package any that might be used to date rocks, presumably because such a thing would be too heavy and/or consume too much power.

What I was wondering was how much would such an experiment weigh? Is it ever likely such a tool will ever be sent to Mars on a robot? For that matter, is any ever likely to be sent with a manned mission? Or is that the sort of experiment that will probably still only be possible in a lab on Earth even a decade or two from now?

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- Stephen   Rock Dating Experiments   Mar 17 2005, 07:41 AM
- - Marcel   Started that topic before, though no reaction. Any...   Mar 17 2005, 10:27 AM
- - djellison   Well - MSL's initial payload is already determ...   Mar 17 2005, 10:59 AM
- - chris   I'm not a geologist, but a quick Google tells ...   Mar 17 2005, 12:45 PM
- - djellison   Might this hack it on MSL then? "Sample Ana...   Mar 17 2005, 02:25 PM
- - chris   Well, it can do: (1) abundances of trace atmosphe...   Mar 17 2005, 03:20 PM
- - Marcel   QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 17 2005, 10:59 AM)Well...   Mar 17 2005, 03:24 PM
- - tedstryk   I would caution that it is important that a rock d...   Mar 17 2005, 03:36 PM
- - Marcel   I agree. An error of max. 5-10% would be "f...   Mar 17 2005, 04:02 PM
- - djellison   QUOTE (Marcel @ Mar 17 2005, 03:24 PM)I am su...   Mar 17 2005, 04:07 PM
- - cIclops   A simple solution would be to include a small devi...   Mar 17 2005, 09:26 PM
- - DEChengst   QUOTE (cIclops @ Mar 17 2005, 09:26 PM)A simp...   Mar 17 2005, 09:34 PM
- - cIclops   QUOTE (DEChengst @ Mar 17 2005, 09:34 PM)To d...   Mar 17 2005, 09:54 PM
- - BruceMoomaw   More seriously, there IS a lot of interest in tryi...   Mar 18 2005, 03:28 AM

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