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ADMIN NOTE: Hi All, a new topic for the discussion of the science from the SAM and Chemin instruments.
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Astro0 MSL - SAM and CHEMIN Nov 21 2012, 11:46 AM
pospa MSL Status Report 11.20.2012:
"... Although C... Nov 21 2012, 05:24 PM
Fran Ontanaya Something for reference: http://proceedings.spiedi... Nov 21 2012, 06:45 PM
Don1 SAM is of course capable of detecting gases evolve... Nov 22 2012, 06:23 AM
nprev Mod note: Two posts discussing rule 1.3 changes mo... Nov 22 2012, 06:34 PM
RonJones I have not seen any specific statements from the C... Nov 22 2012, 07:35 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (RonJones @ Nov 22 2012, 12:35 PM) ... Nov 22 2012, 07:43 PM
marsophile QUOTE (RonJones @ Nov 22 2012, 12:35 PM) ... Nov 23 2012, 03:54 AM
mcaplinger QUOTE (marsophile @ Nov 22 2012, 08:54 PM... Nov 23 2012, 06:49 AM
marsophile QUOTE (marsophile @ Nov 22 2012, 08:54 PM... Nov 23 2012, 07:24 PM
nprev One fascinating finding would be if perchlorates a... Nov 22 2012, 07:44 PM
Burmese No data yet to work with until they present their ... Nov 22 2012, 08:55 PM
RonJones I suspect that if any new finding by MSL would be ... Nov 23 2012, 01:56 AM
nprev Very good comment, Burmese; thank you!
In gen... Nov 22 2012, 09:11 PM
Astro0 ADMIN NOTE: Can I remind everyone that this thread... Nov 23 2012, 02:30 AM
MrNatural Can we discuss SAM's stereochemistry capabilit... Nov 23 2012, 03:08 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (MrNatural @ Nov 23 2012, 08:08 AM)... Nov 23 2012, 04:09 PM
stone QUOTE (MrNatural @ Nov 23 2012, 04:08 PM)... Feb 4 2013, 07:53 AM
elakdawalla Actually they're only free through Nov 30 -- o... Nov 23 2012, 05:18 PM
Don1 SAM has a number of different modes of operation. ... Nov 24 2012, 04:49 AM
Holder of the Two Leashes QUOTE (Don1 @ Nov 23 2012, 10:49 PM) On h... Nov 26 2012, 07:08 PM
Don1 QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Nov 26 201... Nov 27 2012, 05:50 AM
Spin0 From AGU's 2012 Fall Meeting scientific progra... Nov 26 2012, 10:28 AM
elakdawalla Provided there's wi-fi or cellular signal, I... Nov 26 2012, 05:43 PM
vjkane QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Nov 26 2012, 09:43 A... Nov 26 2012, 06:54 PM
serpens I would suspect that the end products (and interme... Nov 27 2012, 04:40 AM
mcaplinger http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2012/pdf/2008... Nov 27 2012, 06:21 AM
serpens QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 27 2012, 06:21 AM... Nov 27 2012, 11:18 PM
belleraphon1 AGU Press Conference Schedule:
http://fallmeeting.... Nov 27 2012, 01:01 PM
Lucas Well, this is interesting... apparently all the hy... Nov 28 2012, 04:57 PM
fredk It certainly does look like bad reporting, at leas... Nov 28 2012, 07:28 PM
EdTruthan Press release on the Dec. 3rd AGU press conference... Nov 29 2012, 08:58 PM
marsophile I have video but no audio of the press conference.... Dec 3 2012, 05:43 PM
fredk Details at the press release if anyone hasn't ... Dec 3 2012, 06:04 PM
dvandorn And yet the media still hear what they want to hea... Dec 3 2012, 06:59 PM
serpens QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 3 2012, 07:59 PM) A... Dec 3 2012, 10:07 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (serpens @ Dec 3 2012, 03:07 PM) Pa... Dec 3 2012, 11:06 PM
MahFL QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 3 2012, 06:59 PM) A... Dec 3 2012, 10:58 PM
Hungry4info Well, in fairness, they did say they detected simp... Dec 3 2012, 07:02 PM
silylene The chlorinated methanes are interesting. CH3Cl, ... Dec 3 2012, 07:14 PM
nprev The discontinuity seems to be:
1. "Organics... Dec 3 2012, 11:08 PM
Antonb Not only was 'organic' not precisely defin... Dec 4 2012, 02:24 PM
JRehling If you currently do a Google News search for ... Dec 4 2012, 03:27 PM
Fran Ontanaya Can we go back to discussing the actual results. N... Dec 4 2012, 04:40 PM
marsophile For some context, we had the following results fro... Dec 4 2012, 04:43 PM
marsophile QUOTE (marsophile @ Dec 4 2012, 09:43 AM)... Dec 5 2012, 04:03 PM
dvandorn QUOTE (marsophile @ Dec 5 2012, 11:03 AM)... Dec 5 2012, 04:59 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 5 2012, 09:59 AM) W... Dec 5 2012, 07:51 PM

NickF QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Dec 5 2012, 01:51 PM)... Dec 5 2012, 08:47 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Dec 5 2012, 12:51 PM)... Dec 5 2012, 08:59 PM
stone QUOTE (dvandorn @ Dec 5 2012, 05:59 PM) W... Jan 31 2013, 10:47 PM
mcaplinger QUOTE (stone @ Jan 31 2013, 03:47 PM) I l... Feb 1 2013, 12:17 AM
stone ADMIN TIP: When replying to a post immediately pre... Feb 1 2013, 06:59 AM
Don1 I think we're looking at a work in progress wi... Dec 5 2012, 02:01 AM
djellison QUOTE (Don1 @ Dec 4 2012, 06:01 PM) I thi... Dec 5 2012, 02:20 AM
serpens QUOTE (Don1 @ Dec 5 2012, 02:01 AM) The m... Dec 5 2012, 08:32 AM
silylene As I suggested in my prior post in this thread, I ... Dec 5 2012, 07:29 PM
marsophile One thing that seems puzzling is why chloromethane... Dec 6 2012, 04:18 AM
Don1 Elements like potassium and sodium have several di... Dec 6 2012, 09:10 AM
Gerald For the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conferenc... Feb 1 2013, 07:11 PM
stone With the Viking data showing chlorohydrocarbons an... Feb 1 2013, 09:16 PM
marsophile The cited paper allows for the possibility that th... Feb 1 2013, 09:29 PM
stone QUOTE (marsophile @ Feb 1 2013, 10:29 PM)... Feb 2 2013, 11:12 AM
Don1 Yes there is news from SAM and it ain't good. ... Feb 2 2013, 09:28 AM
marsophile Couldn't they simply use up the supply of the ... Feb 3 2013, 01:38 AM
stone The MTBSTFA is used to search for amino acids and ... Feb 3 2013, 07:16 AM
marsophile Then it seems there is a catch-22 situation: They... Feb 4 2013, 03:41 AM
Mr Valiant I had no idea that the GC was so, so...definative.... Feb 4 2013, 11:27 AM
marsophile Drilling is probably the best bet for getting a pe... Feb 11 2013, 06:03 AM
stone If the perchlorates are ancient the vein should be... Feb 11 2013, 07:43 AM
rickyjames Could somebody please elaborate on the statement m... Feb 15 2013, 02:41 PM
stone "Although none of them have been punctured ye... Feb 15 2013, 05:07 PM
marsophile If the SAM and CHEMIN instruments performed measur... Mar 9 2013, 02:40 AM
stone The heating like done by SAM is not done often on ... Mar 9 2013, 10:52 AM
jmknapp Check this report of SAM tests on Earth:
Mars Sci... Mar 9 2013, 11:11 AM
stone I know what the SAM team had at AMASE in 2010 and ... Mar 9 2013, 04:44 PM
Don1 Many Mars meteorites contain organics at levels th... Mar 10 2013, 09:38 AM
stone The detection level is a very complicated topic fo... Mar 10 2013, 10:14 AM
fredk QUOTE (Don1 @ Mar 10 2013, 09:38 AM) ther... Mar 10 2013, 03:22 PM
Don1 QUOTE (fredk @ Mar 10 2013, 07:22 AM) But... Mar 10 2013, 08:17 PM
stone The MTBSTFA gives you a nice background and makes ... Mar 10 2013, 09:46 PM
xflare But don't we already know Mars has/had organic... Mar 10 2013, 10:50 AM
t_d QUOTE (xflare @ Mar 10 2013, 06:50 AM) Bu... Mar 10 2013, 01:11 PM
centsworth_II QUOTE (xflare @ Mar 10 2013, 05:50 AM) Bu... Mar 10 2013, 05:36 PM
Cardinal From what I can tell, the actual press conference ... Mar 11 2013, 08:28 PM
nprev Repeat: Don't get too excited. This will be an... Mar 11 2013, 08:43 PM
xflare QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 11 2013, 08:43 PM) Rep... Mar 11 2013, 09:45 PM
belleraphon1 Agree with nprev.
Analysis by CheMin and SAM of ... Mar 11 2013, 09:24 PM
jmknapp True--in terms of announcing subsystem firsts, the... Mar 11 2013, 09:56 PM
Don1 Today's announcement looks like a mixture of g... Mar 12 2013, 09:24 PM
marsophile Did they specifically identify perchlorate, or is ... Mar 12 2013, 10:15 PM
fredk All I remember is a statement that they saw perchl... Mar 12 2013, 11:12 PM
Don1 They see oxygen released at a temperature consiste... Mar 13 2013, 02:10 AM
t_d Wouldn't heating the sample for twenty minutes... Mar 13 2013, 03:20 AM
Phil Stooke Yes, and they measure them all.
Phil Mar 13 2013, 03:26 AM
centsworth_II Here is a transcript of SAM PI Paul Mahaffy's ... Mar 13 2013, 04:22 AM
elakdawalla I thought I heard "nanomoles," not ... Mar 13 2013, 04:35 AM
centsworth_II QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Mar 12 2013, 11:35 P... Mar 13 2013, 04:57 AM
Doug M. A number of articles are mentioning the presence o... Mar 13 2013, 08:55 AM
orbitmars P2O5 has been detected in Gusev, Meridiani and Gal... Mar 13 2013, 09:57 AM![]() ![]() |
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