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Robert Clark — 1/21/2004 4:28:31 PM (archived)

Let's wait to see what we find subsurface shall we?

Then there's this:

January 21, 2004
THE NATION
Rover's Findings Mystify and Please Mars Team
"Another puzzle is what is holding the powdery layer together. Squyres initially thought it was electrostatic forces — "static cling." But when the face of the Mossbauer spectrometer was pressed lightly into the soil, the soil did not collapse as it would have if static electricity were holding it together.
"We don't know what's holding it together," he added, but the X-ray spectrometer gives some hints, showing the presence of sulfates and chlorides. They could form a "chemical glue" holding the soil together, he noted. Significantly, such a glue would have been formed by the action of water."
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-mars21jan21,1,842804.story?coll=la-news-science

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The MER-A, APX5 x-ray surface-composition results are in and...WOW!!! - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 8:34:55 PM
- And, its not mud - Donald - 1/21/2004 3:40:39 AM
  - re: And, its not mud - Robert Clark - 1/21/2004 4:21:32 AM
    - Give it up Robert - Donald - 1/21/2004 4:49:02 AM
      - It ain't over till the fat lady sings. - Robert Clark - 1/21/2004 4:28:31 PM
        
        "La Laa Laaaaa LaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaH !!" - Nick Hoffman - 1/22/2004 5:01:53 AM
        
        It means the most RELEVANT data hasn't been determined yet. Remember the water is subsurface according to GRS. (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/22/2004 9:04:27 AM
        
        Nick is waiting for you over at the Flame board (n/t) - Gary - 1/21/2004 4:39:24 PM
        
        re: Nick is waiting for you over at the FlSorry bud. I don't engage in flame wars.ame board (n/t) - Robert Clark - 1/21/2004 5:15:08 PM
        
        re: Sorry bud. I don't engage in flame wars. - Nick Hoffman - 1/22/2004 1:31:49 AM
- Is this of soil? Or that Adirondack rock? - alcaray - 1/21/2004 12:41:07 AM
  - Soil. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 1/21/2004 2:58:47 PM
- Sodium? oh you mean this image..... - et - 1/20/2004 9:12:43 PM
  - RTGs? - Dave M - 1/20/2004 9:53:52 PM
    - Not RTGs - Larry J - 1/20/2004 10:06:51 PM
      - Thanks for the clarification. (n/t) - et - 1/20/2004 10:48:05 PM
- They also found olivine - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2004 8:49:27 PM
  - Aand check out that alien skull at the bottom corner of your 1st link. - Scott Evil - 1/20/2004 10:37:37 PM
  - Yea!...And that creates a puzzle. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/20/2004 9:03:36 PM
    - re: Yea!...And that creates a puzzle. - et - 1/20/2004 9:26:30 PM
      - re: Yea!...And that creates a puzzle. - Nick Hoffman - 1/21/2004 12:48:37 AM
- re: The MER-A, APX5 x-ray surface-composition results are in and...WOW!!! - Raoul - 1/20/2004 8:47:39 PM
  - re: The MER-A, APX5 x-ray surface-composition results are in and...WOW!!! - Johannes - 1/22/2004 1:32:57 AM

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