MSL XRD/XRF instrument, for home use, too! |
MSL XRD/XRF instrument, for home use, too! |
Sep 21 2010, 08:55 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 8-February 04 From: Phoenix, AZ USA Member No.: 9 |
Mars and my work life rarely intersect (I find oil for a living), but my research group is going to get one of these lovely pieces of jewelry:
InXitu Terra It is the XRD/XRF instrument designed for the MSL rover Curiosity...in a box! Talk about spin-offs...the bloody thing is just out the clean room! We will use it for field and onsite mineralogical analyses of outcrops, cores, and drill hole cuttings. My colleagues are just going to have to tolerate my robotic arm movements, vocal whirring and clicking sounds, and 20 minute time delay behavior when I'm using it. -------------------- Tim Demko
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Sep 21 2010, 09:16 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Hey, Happy Christmas!
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