by iamlucky13 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:01 am
No microbes. That wasn't in Phoenix's job description. It could have potentially, but didn't, find miscellaneous hints of past life, like methane or calcium carbonate. It did find some minerals of the sort that would be favorable to plant life.
There were two TEGA ovens that never received samples, due partially to time (it took longer to deliver samples than planned due to the unexpected stickiness), and partially to the door problem. Three samples ran completely a while ago (minimum success criteria for TEGA). Two more ran in the last couple weeks but no results have been discussed yet. Lastly, one had a sample delivered in the last couple weeks, sealed nice and tight, but never had a chance to run.
I haven't seen any blink images from underneath the lander, but there's some from the trenches. I didn't dig around the Phoenix site very thoroughly for them, but here's a side-by-side comparison over four days:
![Image](http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/md_6936.jpg)
No microbes. That wasn't in Phoenix's job description. It could have potentially, but didn't, find miscellaneous hints of past life, like methane or calcium carbonate. It did find some minerals of the sort that would be favorable to plant life.
There were two TEGA ovens that never received samples, due partially to time (it took longer to deliver samples than planned due to the unexpected stickiness), and partially to the door problem. Three samples ran completely a while ago (minimum success criteria for TEGA). Two more ran in the last couple weeks but no results have been discussed yet. Lastly, one had a sample delivered in the last couple weeks, sealed nice and tight, but never had a chance to run.
I haven't seen any blink images from underneath the lander, but there's some from the trenches. I didn't dig around the Phoenix site very thoroughly for them, but here's a side-by-side comparison over four days:
[img]http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/images/gallery/md_6936.jpg[/img]