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Richard Stewart wrote:
I'm trying to find readings on ambient temperature, day/night temperature
swings, pressure, wind velocity, stuff like that...
Is this info published anywhere?

Typically, the detailed science data has restricted circulation for an
initial "proprietary period", to give the mission's own scientists a
chance to write the first papers on it. I don't know what the proprietary
period for the MERs is; a year is a typical time.

(This is arguably unfortunate, but there is no other way to convince good
scientists to spend years of their professional lives building hardware
and otherwise preparing for such a mission. Being the first to publish a
new result is the only thing that counts in the scientific world. That's
all that tenure panels, selection committees, etc. look at. Getting your
name in the "acknowledgements" section of someone else's paper is of no
significance whatever.)
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