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Rocks on mars that disappear?
Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2?
Bowser
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6/20/2008 2:36:55 AM
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Why is it either salt or water ice?
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Rocks on mars that disappear?
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alcaray
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6/20/2008 2:17:17 AM
"Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice."
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Robert Clark
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6/20/2008 5:08:10 AM
re: "Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice."
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Marcia
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6/24/2008 9:33:36 PM
re: "Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice."
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Robert Clark
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6/26/2008 1:10:05 PM
Could rust or corrosion be the cause of the TEGA stuck doors?
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Robert Clark
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6/24/2008 8:30:29 PM
I rather doubt that the TEGA doors are made of cheap iron
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Nick Hoffman
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6/25/2008 12:07:46 AM
Most likely aluminum. Metal of choice for structural elements of spacecraft.
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alcaray
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6/26/2008 8:10:27 PM
re: I rather doubt that the TEGA doors are made of cheap iron
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Robert Clark
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6/26/2008 1:14:40 PM
If you read this article...
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Socrates II
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6/25/2008 6:20:01 PM
Needs subscription
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Nick Hoffman
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6/26/2008 1:10:21 AM
It is a Mars Scout mission
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alcaray
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6/26/2008 3:39:36 AM
I didn't mean to imply that I could have done better
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nick hoffman
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6/26/2008 6:57:34 AM
TEGA results?
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Robert Clark
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6/24/2008 4:42:05 PM
re: TEGA results?
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Jim
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7/27/2008 3:31:10 PM
re: TEGA results?
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TZajonc
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8/2/2008 12:56:59 AM
Soil Scoop Zooms.
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Robert Clark
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6/23/2008 2:41:48 PM
re: "Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice."
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marsbug
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6/20/2008 1:30:39 PM
Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2?
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Bowser
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6/20/2008 2:36:55 AM
re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2?
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nick hoffman
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6/20/2008 12:29:02 PM
re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2?
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BRFelix
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6/21/2008 3:06:40 AM
No, your cross-analogue would mostly work the OTHER way
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nick hoffman
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6/21/2008 1:35:29 PM
re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2?
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Marcia
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6/20/2008 11:00:15 PM
re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2?
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marsbug
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6/20/2008 9:47:28 AM
re: Why couldn't the disappearing white matter be CO2?
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marsbug
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6/20/2008 9:45:21 AM
I'm not sure it couldn't.
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alcaray
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6/20/2008 4:30:11 AM
We need a probe with a "nose."
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TB
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6/20/2008 2:55:01 AM
The TECP instrument might be able to detect water.
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Robert Clark
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6/20/2008 4:41:10 AM
Phoenix Mission Media Telecon Scheduled for June 20 at 10 a.m. PDT (1 p.m. EDT)
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Socrates II
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6/20/2008 2:57:37 PM
If Earth had liquid water and continents 4.3 billion years ago...
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Socrates II
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6/24/2008 7:56:22 PM
Mars is not Earth
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Nick Hoffman
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6/25/2008 12:11:20 AM
re: Mars is not Earth. - Plate tectonics on Mars:
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Marcia
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6/25/2008 4:07:20 AM
2 relevant facts about the stripes
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Nick Hoffman
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6/25/2008 6:44:20 AM
re: Mars is not Earth. - Plate tectonics on Mars:
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Marcia
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6/25/2008 4:10:57 AM
re: Mars is not Earth. - Plate tectonics on Mars: - and we all know that Mars had volcanics....
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Marcia
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6/25/2008 4:14:36 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.