So it is not debris from the rover Curiosity..., page 1

Remember this image?

It is the one that got me all hyped up about finding "weird" stuff on Mars.
Unfortunately it seemed at the time that it had been dismiss by NASA as debris from the rover. Or so I have read here on ATS

Now could someone clarify this story for me, because I have just come across this picture :

And NASA clearly says :

"the mission's science team assessed the bright particles in this scooped pit to be native Martian material rather than spacecraft debris"


www.nasa.gov...

reply to post by AdamLaw

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You really missed that?

It's a small piece of plastic. The object is material from the rover or something from the sky crane which had fallen onto the rover.

reply to post by AdamLaw

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I almost would think curiosity has been exploit to find gold?

reply to post by 0bserver1

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Doubt it, It would cost them more to go there than any amount of gold they could bring back.

reply to post by AdamLaw

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Well not if you want to mine rough diamonds and precious metals, not to mention other common raw materials that are rare on earth?

reply to post by AdamLaw

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I'm not talking about this mission, but missions in the future to come. I mean curiosity is more likely a scout.

You know it isn't about finding life, it would only be an obstacle. If you want to go to another planets or moons it has to profitable to go there . Thats the way we humans work its all about profit nothing more nothing less. Thats what I think.

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by AdamLaw

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You really missed that?

It's a small piece of plastic. The object is material from the rover or something from the sky crane which had fallen onto the rover.

edit on 10/19/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)

c'mon phage
you know it's a Ritz crackers wrapper
some techie with the munchies is probably responsible

what about the bright stuff
diamonds?

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by AdamLaw

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You really missed that?

It's a small piece of plastic. The object is material from the rover or something from the sky crane which had fallen onto the rover.

edit on 10/19/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)

The higher res images that were released made it really obvious that it was a piece of plastic.

This image?
No idea. Looks geological though.

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