Supposedly Phoenix will eventually be covered with 3 feet of the white stuff

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Socrates II — 9/30/2008 2:41:54 AM (archived)

That is what I was told by those in the know.

I wonder if Phoenix will be better preserved than all the other
Mars landers because of the cold climate it sits upon?

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Phoenix detects falling snow - Raoul - 9/29/2008 9:03:40 PM
- re: Phoenix detects falling snow - Robert Clark - 9/30/2008 3:09:50 PM
  - H2O snow is a widespread occurence on Mars. - Robert Clark - 10/5/2008 1:16:30 PM
    - PLEASE distinguish between fog and snow - Nick Hoffman - 10/6/2008 3:24:10 AM
    - re: H2O snow is a widespread occurence on Mars. - Robert Clark - 10/5/2008 2:02:55 PM
- That is cool :) (n/t) - REB - 9/29/2008 9:45:49 PM
  - I'm waitning for the "crunching" sound of a mechanical arm pressing down on the martian snow to be recorded by the MARDI microphone. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 9/29/2008 10:28:19 PM
    - Crunchable snow tends to cover your solar cells. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2008 2:07:20 AM
      - Supposedly Phoenix will eventually be covered with 3 feet of the white stuff - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 2:41:54 AM
        
        "The White Stuff" - nick hoffman - 9/30/2008 11:31:53 AM
        
        The concept of an Earth-like "watery" Mars is dying hard, Nick (n/t) - E.P. - 10/10/2008 8:55:40 PM
        
        That's why I said the white stuff - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 1:29:28 PM
        
        Two words - Thermal cycling - Nick Hoffman - 9/30/2008 4:27:49 AM
        
        Well... - Socrates II - 9/30/2008 12:50:36 PM
- And calcium carbonate. - alcaray - 9/29/2008 9:34:31 PM
  - re: And calcium carbonate. - Robert Clark - 10/10/2008 4:56:02 PM
  - re: And calcium carbonate. - Jacob - 9/29/2008 10:24:58 PM

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