[meteorite-list] NASA Rover about to make a BIG mistake

From: MexicoDoug_at_aol.com <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 18 19:50:07 2005
Message-ID: <9f.56a97911.2f1f08b3_at_aol.com>

Rob, list

I think the mission manager still hasn't got it with all due respect. They
say they didn't see this coming! Just think about what could be learned by
using the RAT for a minute to work on the fusion crust area. Finally we have
a material we understand somewhat under theRover's loop, it seems to me
someone better reconsider quickly and not pass up this opportunity to learn what a
relatively know material on earth does as it passes through the atmosphere,
and how it weathers on the surface, etc. They lose 25% of the abrasive
property of the RAT after an hour it says. Like a minute is a problem??? Gee, I
think the NASA team needs to get taken in the shack in the back to see how
you guys wear out your blades. The limiting time is not the abrasive action of
 the RAT considering logistics. Or are they afraid that a little piece of
schreibersite??????
Doug
PS Where are the Strawberry Fields on Mars...many were expecting lots of
tektites -those of us who believe they are impact glass. And they just might be
strawberry colored on the red planet...

En un mensaje con fecha 01/18/2005 6:35:56 PM Mexico Standard Time,
ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com escribe:
Since they weren't willing to risk damaging/destroying the
rock abrasion tool, did they have any other instruments aboard
that could have been used in a clever way (perhaps in combination
with each other) to confirm the object is metallic? Electrical
conductivity, for instance? --Rob
Received on Tue 18 Jan 2005 07:49:55 PM PST