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- Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Why not melt ice? (APOD 12 Jun 2008)
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Yes, but I'm impatient....
That's just so, of course! I guess I was just thinking of a way they could tell, visually, in a short time. Maybe after they've gotten their sample(s) they could blow this to see how't behaves....
- Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Why not melt ice? (APOD 12 Jun 2008)
- Replies: 16
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Why not melt ice? (APOD 12 Jun 2008)
Actually, why not *try* and melt what *may be* ice? ;-) I note with interest the shinny patch under the Mars polar lander. Today's (08/06/12) APOD says that the hole in that shiny bit is under the landing jet of the lander. I (obviously) have no idea what I'm talking about, but, it occurs to me: why...