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The image received Friday night from the spacecraft's Robotic Arm Camera shows patches of smooth and level surfaces beneath the thrusters.
ScienceDaily (Jun. 1, 2008) — A view of the ground underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander adds to evidence that descent thrusters dispersed overlying soil and exposed a harder substrate that may be ice.
"This suggests we have an ice table under a thin layer of loose soil," said the lead scientist for the Robotic Arm Camera, Horst Uwe Keller of Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.
"We were expecting to find ice within two to six inches of the surface," said Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson, principal in
"Camera On Arm Looks Beneath NASA Mars Lander"
www.sciencedaily.com...
A view of the ground underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander adds to evidence that descent thrusters dispersed overlying soil and exposed a harder substrate that may be ice. [emphasis mine]
Originally posted by grover
'Ice' found underneath Mars lander
Originally posted by grover
COOL!!!
We have ice at the poles... evidence of flowing water at some point in the past and ice just below the service...
...OK where are the little green men?
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"The thrusters have excavated two to six inches and, sure enough, we see something that looks like ice. It's not impossible that it's something else, but our leading interpretation is ice."
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
reply to post by grover
This is the title of the article you cite:
"Camera On Arm Looks Beneath NASA Mars Lander"
www.sciencedaily.com...
The first paragraph states:
A view of the ground underneath NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander adds to evidence that descent thrusters dispersed overlying soil and exposed a harder substrate that may be ice. [emphasis mine]
What then justifies this title?
Originally posted by grover
'Ice' found underneath Mars lander
What justifies this statement?
Originally posted by grover
COOL!!!
We have ice at the poles... evidence of flowing water at some point in the past and ice just below the service...
...OK where are the little green men?
www.sciencedaily.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
[edit on 2008/6/1 by GradyPhilpott]
"This suggests we have an ice table under a thin layer of loose soil," said the lead scientist for the Robotic Arm Camera, Horst Uwe Keller of Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.
"We were expecting to find ice within two to six inches of the surface," said Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson, principal investigator for Phoenix. "The thrusters have excavated two to six inches and, sure enough, we see something that looks like ice. It's not impossible that it's something else, but our leading interpretation is ice."
we see something that looks like ice. It's not impossible that it's something else, but our leading interpretation is ice."
Originally posted by jamie83
You know, I'm all for space exploration, etc...
But to be honest, this whole mission seems completely ludicrous.
$420 million is it to find out if there's ice on Mars?
Why exactly is it worth $420 million to know this information? Couldn't we have built some schools or sent some kids to college or fixed some bridges or SOMETHING that might be needed HERE?
And $60 million went to the University of Arizona? Sounds like more corporate cronyism to me, except instead of a corporation it's academia who's getting the funding. Wonder how U. of Ariz. was selected? Couldn't have anything to do with McCain, could it?
Originally posted by Gools
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Originally posted by grover
SIGH!!!
They know that there is ice at the poles... they are looking for it elsewhere and are trying to determine how widespread it is in order to get some idea of how much water is on the planet.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
reply to post by Quazga
I hate it when people don't read and understand the rules by which articles are to be submitted to this forum.
The title of the article is supposed to be the title of the thread.
To suggest something is a far cry from stating that something is conclusive. The article states that the findings suggest ice; the OP states that ice has been found.
So, Quazga, it is you who has not read properly either the rules of submission or carefully read the cited article.
Originally posted by Gools
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[edit on 2008/6/1 by GradyPhilpott]