I have not a clue how the airbags are vented...

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alcaray — 1/7/2004 4:34:31 PM (archived)

...but I know that they are inflated using a rocket engine -- combustion. Usually, combustion creates h2o as one product. During venting, could they have vented water that affected the soil? PSI in the airbags sufficient to keep h2o liquid, etc?

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what if Spirit had landed in the nearby crater? - Greg - 1/7/2004 3:47:04 AM
- spectroscopy - R.L. - 1/7/2004 4:52:52 AM
  - The locals might mistake the robot for an instrument of war (n/t) - alcaray - 1/7/2004 4:38:07 PM
    - I still think we should slam a giant impactor into the place... - Scott Evil - 1/8/2004 4:36:40 PM
      - What? Blowing up a... - alcaray - 1/8/2004 5:13:56 PM
        
        i'M GREEDY... I want more...N/T (n/t) - Scott Evil - 1/8/2004 9:22:23 PM
  - Good idea, especially for a future rover with a nuclear power source (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 4:27:02 PM
  - re: spectroscopy - Nick Hoffman - 1/7/2004 5:49:12 AM
    - Re: LIBS - et - 1/7/2004 6:59:30 PM
- re: what if Spirit had landed in the nearby crater? - Nick Hoffman - 1/7/2004 4:49:23 AM
  - re: what if Spirit had landed in the nearby crater? - Robert Clark - 1/7/2004 2:42:55 PM
    - I have not a clue how the airbags are vented... - alcaray - 1/7/2004 4:34:31 PM
      - Seems unlikely - Larry J - 1/7/2004 7:00:56 PM
        
        I agree it's unlikely (n/t) - alcaray - 1/7/2004 7:46:12 PM
  - re: what if Spirit had landed in the nearby crater? - Greg - 1/7/2004 7:43:45 AM
    - Probably wouldn't work - Nathan Koren - 1/7/2004 8:56:46 PM
      - re: Probably wouldn't work - alcaray - 1/8/2004 5:19:51 PM
    - no need for bomb. - Delbert - 1/7/2004 4:00:53 PM
- re: what if Spirit had landed in the nearby crater? - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 4:39:41 AM
  - Interesting textures? - Nick Hoffman - 1/7/2004 5:53:50 AM
    - re: Interesting textures? - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2004 6:12:30 AM

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