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Unless Martian gypsum / calcrete is a lot different than Earth's

Tony — 2/7/2004 5:50:38 AM (archived)

Spinning this :

rapidly in either, IMHO, would rip em to shreds.

Do you have any results from the pathfinder WAE related to the white hard stuff under the soil?
Neither link you posted mentioned anything.

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The whole thread (19 posts)

• 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