Comments on: What is on Phoenix’s Leg? http://wanderingspace.net/2008/06/what-is-on-phoenix%e2%80%99s-leg/ Imaging the bodies of our Solar Sysytem Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:26:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark http://wanderingspace.net/2008/06/what-is-on-phoenix%e2%80%99s-leg/#comment-2405 Mark Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:25:19 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=848#comment-2405 Well, there was always comments about LGMs on Mars. Maybe that stands for "lumpy green mould"? I suspect it's a frost build-up, maybe with some dust particulates bound in with it. Especially if the scoop is spilling stuff and bits are going everywhere. Well, there was always comments about LGMs on Mars. Maybe that stands for “lumpy green mould”?

I suspect it’s a frost build-up, maybe with some dust particulates bound in with it. Especially if the scoop is spilling stuff and bits are going everywhere.

]]> By: ColdTurkei http://wanderingspace.net/2008/06/what-is-on-phoenix%e2%80%99s-leg/#comment-2101 ColdTurkei Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:34:46 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=848#comment-2101 perhaps it is a salt? What is the air temprature / composition? perhaps it is a salt? What is the air temprature / composition?

]]> By: NoAstronomer http://wanderingspace.net/2008/06/what-is-on-phoenix%e2%80%99s-leg/#comment-1890 NoAstronomer Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:33:33 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=848#comment-1890 Sure looks like 'frost' to me. Besides water ice could it also be CO2 ice? One possible reason it doesn't appear on the other legs is because of the micro-climate conditions created by the lander itself. Maybe this leg is in continuous shadow? Sure looks like ‘frost’ to me. Besides water ice could it also be CO2 ice?

One possible reason it doesn’t appear on the other legs is because of the micro-climate conditions created by the lander itself. Maybe this leg is in continuous shadow?

]]> By: Bill http://wanderingspace.net/2008/06/what-is-on-phoenix%e2%80%99s-leg/#comment-1837 Bill Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:06:21 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=848#comment-1837 See, this is why a sample return mission is a bad idea: how long would it be before the stuff broke out of the lab and infected Nicole Kidman (or at least Donald Sutherland)? See, this is why a sample return mission is a bad idea: how long would it be before the stuff broke out of the lab and infected Nicole Kidman (or at least Donald Sutherland)?

]]> By: thomas http://wanderingspace.net/2008/06/what-is-on-phoenix%e2%80%99s-leg/#comment-1836 thomas Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:31:14 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=848#comment-1836 its bacteria. giant martian sized bacteria. its bacteria. giant martian sized bacteria.

]]> By: Bill http://wanderingspace.net/2008/06/what-is-on-phoenix%e2%80%99s-leg/#comment-1828 Bill Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:39:14 +0000 http://wanderingspace.net/?p=848#comment-1828 There were some new underbelly shots yesterday and the stuff looks like it's still growing. There were some new underbelly shots yesterday and the stuff looks like it’s still growing.

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