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re: Color image of light colored material near Opportunity lander.

Nipper Wolf — 2/7/2004 3:19:26 AM (archived)

How about making one of the wheels out of carbide instead of aluminum and let the little beast paw the rocks with that?

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Color image of light colored material near Opportunity lander. - Robert Clark - 2/6/2004 6:22:24 PM
- re: Color image of light colored material near Opportunity lander. - Nipper Wolf - 2/7/2004 3:19:26 AM
- Evaporites? - RobVG - 2/6/2004 7:22:43 PM
- Since when has gypsum and calcite been harder than anodized aluminium? - Tony - 2/6/2004 7:12:20 PM
  - Quartz? - Robert Clark - 2/9/2004 7:37:54 AM
    - :-) - Tony - 2/9/2004 11:33:51 AM
  - Then perhaps caliche, which is harder. - Robert Clark - 2/7/2004 3:07:56 AM
    - You know - Tony - 2/7/2004 5:40:42 AM
      - re: You know - et - 2/8/2004 4:53:44 PM
        
        Yes, but....... - Tony - 2/9/2004 3:05:19 PM
      - re: You know - Robert Clark - 2/7/2004 11:44:38 PM
      - re: You know - Nick Hoffman - 2/7/2004 3:59:54 PM
  - re: Harder? - Nick Hoffman - 2/7/2004 2:46:36 AM
    - Wheel Abrasion Experiment on Pathfinder. - Robert Clark - 2/7/2004 3:36:11 AM
      - Unless Martian gypsum / calcrete is a lot different than Earth's - Tony - 2/7/2004 5:50:38 AM
        
        re: Unless Martian gypsum / calcrete is a lot different than Earth's - Robert Clark - 2/7/2004 11:36:32 PM
- re: Color image of light colored material near Opportunity lander. - Marcia - 2/6/2004 7:10:28 PM
  - re: Ah... - Marcia - 2/6/2004 7:49:09 PM
  - re: ... from memory... they said it was a shade of Red. (n/t) - Marcia - 2/6/2004 7:13:56 PM

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