[meteorite-list] NASA Rover about to make a BIG mistake

[MexicoDoug at aol.com]

Rob, list

I think the mission manager  still hasn't got it with all due respect.  They 
say they didn't see this  coming!  Just think about what could be learned by 
using the RAT for a  minute to work on the fusion crust area.  Finally we have 
a material we  understand somewhat under theRover's loop, it seems to me 
someone better  reconsider quickly and not pass up this opportunity to learn what a 
relatively  know material on earth does as it passes through the atmosphere, 
and how it  weathers on the surface, etc.  They lose 25% of the abrasive 
property of  the RAT after an hour it says.  Like a minute is a problem???  Gee, I  
think the NASA team needs to get taken in the shack in the back to see how 
you  guys wear out your blades.  The limiting time is not the abrasive action of 
 the RAT considering logistics.  Or are they afraid that a little piece of  
schreibersite??????
Doug
PS Where are the Strawberry Fields on Mars...many  were expecting lots of 
tektites -those of us who believe they are impact  glass.  And they just might be 
strawberry colored on the red  planet...

En un mensaje con fecha 01/18/2005 6:35:56 PM Mexico Standard  Time, 
ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com escribe:
Since they weren't willing to risk  damaging/destroying the
rock abrasion tool, did they have any other  instruments aboard
that could have been used in a clever way (perhaps in  combination
with each other) to confirm the object is metallic?   Electrical
conductivity, for instance?  --Rob