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Opportunity to sample something different: the dark, unweathered, mafic sands of cerberus and the pathfinder 1997 mars landing
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Singer, Robert B. Edgett, Kenneth S. Geissler, P. E. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | A very important surface component, typically described as 'dark gray material', was not seen at the Viking lander sites, but is common to all low-albedo regions on Mars. Dark material probably includes unaltered mafic volcanic and/or crustal rock and soil not coated by dust, weathering rinds, or varnish. A Pathfinder landing in Cerberus (9 deg N - 16 deg N, 194 deg W - 215 deg W) will guarantee examination of materials that are distinctly different from the two Viking lander sites. In situ study of dark material will provide vital ground truth for orbiter-based observations like those anticipated from Mars '94/'96 and Mars Global Surveyor. |
| File Size | 150067 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950009772 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1tf4qr02 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Exploration Landing Sites Mineralogy Mars Planet Igneous Rocks Mars Surface Samples Planetary Composition Sands Soils Planetary Geology Viking Lander Spacecraft Weathering Mars Surface Sampling Mars Landing Planetary Crusts Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
