Mars Mission: Curiosity - Page 54

On September 29 2012 04:19 JieXian wrote:


wow heat shield? dropping it first before landing? Could anyone explain this please?

On September 28 2012 17:35 AlgeriaT wrote:

Hairs. Standing. Up.

Preliminary weather reports from the Curiosity’s Remote Environment Monitoring Station (REMS) are showing some surprisingly mild temperatures during the day. Average daytime air temperatures have reached a peak of 6 degrees Celsius at 2pm local time.

On October 20 2012 15:36 Perfi wrote:
Hey, Le Cheque Zo, would you happen to have a source on that picture? I found a pretty cool animated .gif of the previously found piece of (probably) plastic), but I don't think that's the same thing as what you've just posted.
The .gif:

On October 20 2012 15:36 Perfi wrote:
Hey, Le Cheque Zo, would you happen to have a source on that picture? I found a pretty cool animated .gif of the previously found piece of (probably) plastic), but I don't think that's the same thing as what you've just posted.
The .gif:

On October 20 2012 15:36 Perfi wrote:
Hey, Le Cheque Zo, would you happen to have a source on that picture? I found a pretty cool animated .gif of the previously found piece of (probably) plastic), but I don't think that's the same thing as what you've just posted.
The .gif:

In the first inventory of minerals on another planet, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity found soil that bears a striking resemblance to weathered, volcanic sand in Hawaii, scientists said on Tuesday.

The rover uses an X-ray imager to reveal the atomic structures of crystals in the Martian soil, the first time the technology, known as X-ray diffraction, has been used to analyze soil beyond Earth.

"This was a 22-year journey and a magical moment for me," NASA's David Blake, lead scientist for the rover's mineralogical instrument, told reporters during a conference call.

Curiosity found the Martian sand grains have crystals similar to basaltic soils found in volcanic regions on Earth, like Hawaii.

Scientists plan to use the information about Mars' minerals to figure out if the planet most like Earth in the solar system could have supported and preserved microbial life.

"The mineralogy of Mars' soil has been a source of conjecture until now," said Curiosity scientist David Vaniman of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona.

"This interest isn't just academic," he added. "Soils on planets' surfaces are a reflection of surface exposure processes and history, with information on present and past climates."

On November 02 2012 07:25 Ender985 wrote:


Uhm.. who took that picture?