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Donald — 12/27/2004 2:42:56 PM (archived)

What a great story these rovers are telling us. and, now we may learn a few things that will improve the chances of success for future missions.

An amusing aside...this image helps us see what real debris on Mars actually looks like in spacecraft imagery. Those cydonuts who imagine that every funny looking rock is some kind of junkyard artifact should take note at what real "artifacts" look like to the camera.

Of course, this stuff is now the archaeology of Mars.

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MER heatshield - Nick Hoffman - 12/27/2004 12:32:29 PM
- Closeup on the other Heatshield Section - Daniel Crotty - 12/29/2004 6:58:22 PM
  - This is a nice piece of work - Gary - 12/30/2004 6:44:18 PM
  - re: Closeup on the other Heatshield Section - Tom Brosz - 12/29/2004 9:36:46 PM
    - No, it's a red herring - Gary - 12/30/2004 6:28:52 PM
- Don't forget the rest of it... - Tom Brosz - 12/27/2004 6:57:13 PM
  - re: Don't forget the rest of it... - Delbert - 12/27/2004 7:41:50 PM
  - I expect the geologists (aereologists?) will be very interested in that gouge in the surface. - Tom Brosz - 12/27/2004 7:03:13 PM
- MER heatshield commentary - Gary - 12/27/2004 6:08:11 PM
- re: MER heatshield tolerance question - ebnelson - 12/27/2004 4:16:26 PM
- Nifty image - Donald - 12/27/2004 2:42:56 PM
  - the archaeology of Mars. - Buck Galaxy - 12/27/2004 5:34:02 PM
    - Yes in that our equipment is alien to Mars those are alien artifacts. (n/t) - Delbert - 12/27/2004 5:46:35 PM
- re: Illuminating - BRFelix - 12/27/2004 2:30:39 PM
  - How much does a ramen spectrometer weigh? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/27/2004 9:48:04 PM
    - Its 'Raman' - R.L. - 12/28/2004 10:50:51 PM
      - The original Athena instrument package... - alcaray - 12/29/2004 6:56:47 PM
    - re: Well, prolly a couple of ounces... - BRFelix - 12/28/2004 12:50:09 AM
      - Spelled it wrong, did I? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/28/2004 5:42:51 PM
        
        Nothing personal... - Tom Brosz - 12/29/2004 5:57:06 AM
        
        agreed. (n/t) - alcaray - 12/29/2004 4:33:57 PM
    - Before or after you add the boiling water? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/28/2004 12:46:22 AM
- That's an interesting picture. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/27/2004 1:55:34 PM

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