you think you got problems with clay???
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/sc...1marssoil.html
"After days of struggling with sticky Martian dirt, the Phoenix Mars Lander has unexpectedly succeeded in getting its first soil sample into an onboard laboratory for analysis, jubilant NASA scientists said on Wednesday. The breakthrough came after the lander spent days vibrating a screen over its onboard Thermal Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) in hopes that the clumpy soil would break loose and fall into the onboard ovens. The scientists were caught by surprise when the trick worked on the seventh, and likely last, try." |
you think you got problems with clay???
In article , wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/sc...1marssoil.html "After days of struggling with sticky Martian dirt, the Phoenix Mars Lander has unexpectedly succeeded in getting its first soil sample into an onboard laboratory for analysis, jubilant NASA scientists said on Wednesday..." LOL! Yeah, that must have had them biting their nails. Glad it finally worked. I'd still put my adobe up against their Martian soil for plain orneriness, though. They could shake it all they wanted, and it still wouldn't unclump and fall through a screen! Patty |
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