Curiosity second drill hole in clay formation a success
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The Curiosity science team has confirmed that their second drill hole in the clay formation that the rover is presently exploring was a success.
They have confirmed that enough material from the drill hole has been deposited in their chemical analysis hopper.
The image to the right, cropped and reduced to post here, shows both drill holes on the two different flat sections of bedrock near the top.
It seems that the science team wants to spend a lot of time in this location, as described in my last rover update. It is therefore unclear when they will move south to follow their long term travel plans.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
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Click for full image.
The Curiosity science team has confirmed that their second drill hole in the clay formation that the rover is presently exploring was a success.
They have confirmed that enough material from the drill hole has been deposited in their chemical analysis hopper.
The image to the right, cropped and reduced to post here, shows both drill holes on the two different flat sections of bedrock near the top.
It seems that the science team wants to spend a lot of time in this location, as described in my last rover update. It is therefore unclear when they will move south to follow their long term travel plans.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Why has Curiosity drilled three holes in one rock? There must be something special about the results they are getting, is there any news about what they have found?
Will Higgs: A wonderful question. I have thought the same thing. We will not however find out until the scientists publish their results, which we should expect sometime in the next six to ten months.