Hydrazine from ruptured fuel tanks

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Gary — 5/6/2005 7:26:24 AM (archived)

If MPL whacked into the ground hard, it would have ruptured its fuel tanks. The released hydrazine could have mixed with the regolith and caused the "blast zone".

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Viking 2 and MPL - Raoul - 5/5/2005 8:50:17 PM
- thanks Raoul (n/t) - Daniel - 5/6/2005 4:43:04 AM
- re: Mars Polar Lander found - Raoul - 5/5/2005 8:55:14 PM
  - Just thought of something. - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2005 11:39:36 PM
    - Hydrazine from ruptured fuel tanks - Gary - 5/6/2005 7:26:24 AM
    - 130 feet - dtb - 5/6/2005 12:45:55 AM
      - re: 130 feet - Jacob Samorodin - 5/6/2005 2:25:43 PM
        
        Been there, done that... - Nick Hoffman - 5/6/2005 4:07:06 PM
        
        re: Been there, done that... - Jacob Samorodin - 5/6/2005 4:20:01 PM
  - Cool! - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2005 11:35:28 PM
  - Malin's site posts the images! - JimO - 5/5/2005 10:56:57 PM
  - re: Mars Polar Lander found Un-freakin-believable!!! Great stuff! (n/t) - p - 5/5/2005 10:53:26 PM

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