Posted by
michael
on from the risky-business dept.
EngrBohn writes "NASA has named the Mars Spirit landing site the 'Columbia Memorial Station'. They've obviously been planning this, as there's even a plaque at the CMS."
happy it didn't auger
by
bandy
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Consider the mega-bummer had they pre-announced and it had ended up augering into Mars like the last probe did.
Bets on whether or not there's a plaque on Opportunity as well?
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Re:Martian weather
by
kippy
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shouldn't be anything. CO2 doesn't react with aluminum, at least at the low temperatures of Mars unless I'm mistaken. Dust might wear it down after a while but that should be a really long time since the low pressure winds won't hit it very hard.
I'm guessing that it will get dusty at most. They proably made it out of aluminum because it's light and plastic would probably degrade faster.
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Consider the mega-bummer had they pre-announced and it had ended up augering into Mars like the last probe did.
Bets on whether or not there's a plaque on Opportunity as well?
"You might as well get your son a ticket to hell as give him a five string banjo." -unknown minister
shouldn't be anything. CO2 doesn't react with aluminum, at least at the low temperatures of Mars unless I'm mistaken. Dust might wear it down after a while but that should be a really long time since the low pressure winds won't hit it very hard.
I'm guessing that it will get dusty at most. They proably made it out of aluminum because it's light and plastic would probably degrade faster.
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