[meteorite-list] 'Serious Anomaly' Silences Mars Spirit Rover

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:08 2004
Message-ID: <200401231634.IAA25601_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> I heard on the radio just prior to the malfunction announcement that the
> Spirit team were excited after finding what appeared to be a soft area of
> ground i.e. mud !
>
> Was there any mention of this anywhere else ?
>

The 'Magic Carpet' area? See here:

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/spirit_gusev_040116.html

It kind of looks like mud, but it can't be because the atmospheric pressure and
temperatures are too low for mud to be on the surface.

Ron Baalke
Received on Fri 23 Jan 2004 11:34:26 AM PST