The TECP instrument might be able to detect water.

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The TECP instrument might be able to detect water.

Robert Clark — 6/20/2008 4:41:10 AM (archived)

It is located on the robot arm:

Thermal and Electrical Conductivity Probe for Phoenix Mars Lander.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/multimedia/mh4-tecp_prt.htm

It is supposed to be deployed now at the current trenching sites.

Bob Clark

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

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