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Did Mars Rover Drill into Ice?
Thursday, October 1, 2015 0:59
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Last edited on Oct. 2, 2015
Did Mars rover Curiosity drill into ice? Look at the wet-looking soil cakes in this photo:
Did Mars rover Curiosity drill into ice? Look at the wet-looking soil cakes in this photo:
The hole at middle left was drilled on Sol 621 at Windjana in Gale Crater, Mars. The hole at middle right was drilled at Confidence Hills on Sol 759. Image source: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/mars/six-curiosity-drill-holes.html
Added on Oct. 3, 2015: Mars’s sticky soil contains water ice.
In July 2008, Mars lander Phoenix scooped up sticky soil (see photo below). “The samples are believed to contain water ice mixed in with the soil…”
Quoted from
http://astronomynow.com/080729StickysituationforPhoenix.html
Original caption:”The stubborn Martian soil remains stuck in Phoenix’s robotic arm scoop. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Max Planck Institute.”
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