re: Before Phoenix we did not know whether precipitation occurs on Mars

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Nick Hoffman — 7/6/2009 12:34:02 AM (archived)

Not so.

The Lidar instrument MOLA on Mars Global Surveyor detected streams of falling snow coming from clouds in the winter polar "hood", prior to its failure in 2001...

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Findings from Mars Phoenix show promise for Martian life - Socrates II - 7/5/2009 4:27:16 PM
- Phoenix Lander Team: It Snows at Night on Mars - Socrates II - 7/5/2009 4:32:25 PM
  - re: Before Phoenix we did not know whether precipitation occurs on Mars - Nick Hoffman - 7/6/2009 12:34:02 AM
    - Could that have been CO2 snow? (n/t) - Robert Clark - 7/6/2009 8:39:58 AM
    - Did NASA just not spend enough on Phoenix? - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 3:38:51 AM
      - re: Did NASA just not spend enough on Phoenix? - Robert Clark - 7/6/2009 8:50:53 AM
        
        Mars Pathfinder was first an engineering test - Socrates II - 7/6/2009 1:16:54 PM

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