[meteorite-list] NASA's Phoenix Scoops Up Martian Soil

From: Mark Ford <mark.ford_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:19:06 +0100
Message-ID: <29A9DB45B84970458190D7D39BD42C492C29FC_at_gamma.ssl.atw>

Is it me or are the Phoenix Mars lander team [really] taking their time
with this mars mission!??

A week in and they still haven't sampled the soil yet! Now clearly they
know what they are doing and I don't, but given its -80 C millions of
miles away and a really, really hostile environment.. if it where me,
id not be taking any chances on time - things can go belly up awfully
quickly out there!

I sensed some frustration on this, listening to the Nasa press
conference yesterday, between the engineers and the science team, so I
just hope it continues to work, it could be awfully embarrassing if it
packed up after a week and they had next to no science data!


Best
Mark F.









































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