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Mondays with Martian rocks

Here, an interesting inclusion (?) in the rock in front of #Perseverance is examined telescopically by SUPERCAM. A MastcamZ image is included for context.

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI, MCZ_RIGHT
looking from RMC 55.0340
Sol 1209, LMST: 13:22:20

Originals:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01209/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1209_0774272063_234EBY_N0550340SCAM02209_0090I6J01.png
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01209/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1209_0774272501_957EBY_N0550340ZCAM03935_1100LMJ01.png

Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Jul 15, 2024 at 10:11amWeb
Show threadV MartΓ­nFeb 24

@65dBnoise let the record show πŸ˜‰ this stuff is interpreted as xenoliths in Williford et al: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu8264

Fig S4, mentioned 1+2x times in the paper:

"N Margin outcrops close to this contact are similar to exposures S of the channel, but one contains diverse, cm-scale features (fig. S4) that were not observed elsewhere; these could represent altered xenoliths."

[EDIT]: removed the 2nd mention which came from the rejected pyroclastic formation hypohesis.

#JezeroMarginUnit

Show thread65dBnoiseFeb 24

@sharponlooker
Nostalgia? So glad to see many of our known former + present NASA people as authors of this paper. We don't hear from them often these days.

But "for π‘π‘œπ‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘Žπ‘™ return to Earth" sounds rather sad for a mission that was designed and executed thus far for sample "return to Earth"

Show threadV MartΓ­nFeb 24
@65dBnoise i still try to interpret that "potential" as the competition between tubes to be chosen for return payload, call me a dreamer 😒
Show thread65dBnoiseFeb 24
@sharponlooker
I too believe they'll bring those samples to Earth eventually. It is a well designed and successful mission, and I don't recall NASA ever abandoning a successful mission before.