Mars Lander Scrapes Icy Soil in Wonderland


	Mars Lander Scrapes Icy Soil in Wonderland

lixjannet

6-29-2008 8:31 PM

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space, mars, soil, water

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It could be the future for humanity.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b4a71952-bf7c-452a-8125-71049c18bb32/1820F866-1176-47F7-9FB5-D2A53367E83A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080628-phoenix-update.html" href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080628-phoenix-update.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.space.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080628-phoenix-update.html"><B>Mars Lander Scrapes Icy Soil in Wonderland </B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080628-phoenix-update.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.space.com/img/8FA502EA-D265-451C-BDA8-9B78B912AF71" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080628-phoenix-update.html"><SPAN>NASA's
  Phoenix Mars Lander has scraped to icy soil in the "Wonderland" area
  on, NASA announced on Friday.
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</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080628-phoenix-update.html"><SPAN><A href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/phoenix-mars-lander-special-report.html">Phoenix</A> scientists are now assured they have a complete soil-layer profile in
  Wonderland's "Snow White" extended trench. Reaching the icy layer
  confirms that surface soil, subsurface soil and icy soil can be sampled at a
  single trench.
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</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080628-phoenix-update.html"><SPAN>By rasping
  to icy soil, the robotic arm on Phoenix proved it could flatten the layer where
  soil meets ice, exposing the icy flat surface below the soil. Scientists can
  now proceed with plans to scoop and scrape samples into Phoenix's various
  analytical instruments. Scientists will test samples to determine if some ice
  in the soil may have been liquid in the past during warmer climate cycles.
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  from the lander's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer made last week indicated
  that the soil had at some time in the past <A href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080626-phoenix-update.html">interacted
    with water</A>.
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