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Rxke

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That picture... just EPIC!

Stu here it's 6.38, so we're posting this at almost exactly the same moment, weird

Stu

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Farewell Eagle Crater...

[http://mer.rlproject.com/index.php?show … 69entry569]http://mer.rlproject.com/index.p....ntry569

"Weird" isn't the word I'd use Rxke... more like "insane"... :;):

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Rxke

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Re: Spirit & Opportunity*4* - continue here

a little update of the adventures of S&O: [http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-mers-04zzzg.html]spacedaily

Turns out the slipping on the slope was not a mayor showstopper... Opp. did a quick detour et voila, onto the pain we are!
And boy... Been watching them sol 57 pics... That really *is* a plain worth it's name...

(EDIT: BTW in the article they mix up Spirit and Opportunity, towards the end, quite confusing when you read abou Spirit exiting a crater   they say "original caption", so maybe someone else made the mistake... A sleep-deprived-time-lagged-out-of-his-mind JPL operator ?)

GraemeSkinner

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Steve Squyres is hopeful that the rovers can cover 2.5km during this mission, from [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3560279.stm]BBC News Interview.
So they must intend if the rovers keep going to have someone back on earth looking after them.
And he's certainly not counting out the possibility of past life either...

And an acid groundwater environment is one that is suitable for some kinds of organisms. The other thing is that with minerals precipitating out of a solution, those minerals as they precipitate can trap chemicals and organic materials and whatever else might be in the water at the time that the precipitation takes place, providing a very good long-term preservation mechanism.

2.5km seems like a good hike to me for the rovers to cover, lets hope they exceed it.

Graeme

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Palomar

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*I'm getting so impatient for that news conference!!!!!     

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GraemeSkinner

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I'm sure you can wait a few hours more for the announcement, though I'm having a looong time waiting for it - I had to go to work before five this morning making it the longest day ever for NASAs announcement.

- This thread is now over the 200 mark, I seem to remember reading somewhere that Adrian suggested that should be the new upper limit for threads.

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melkor

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I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much. I mean, last time they talked about being unsure if there was standing water or only ground water, and they were working to figure that out. So I'm afraid that this time it will be "We're pretty sure it was standing water." I hope I'm wrong, though. I've got my fingers crossed for either an indication of past life or of near-surface water that could be useful to future manned missions.

atajurk

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Opportunity hits the beach!!!

Rxke

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I see Cassioli started Spirit & Opportunity *5*...

Better move over to that topic, before this one gets corrupted...

SohoBoy

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Okay, anyone care to guess what *this* is about..?

<< NASA ANNOUNCES MAJOR MARS ROVER FINDING
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Look at the list of panellists...  a sedimentologist?

Thoughts anyone..? 

Hmm...

wild guess...bedding structure = underwater deposition, and not just water percolating thru rocks at some time.

looks like I wasnt imagining crossbedding after all

SpaceNut

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Bump marking another for shifting topic issues....