MER Science Findings..

Hi All,
Apart from the fabulous photos both rovers are sending back, what else are
the scientists finding?

I'm trying to find readings on ambient temperature, day/night temperature
swings, pressure, wind velocity, stuff like that...

Is this info published anywhere?

How do they compare between the two rovers, and the pathfinder science data?

Cheers,
Richard

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I'm trying to find readings on ambient temperature, day/night temperature
swings, pressure, wind velocity, stuff like that...

I haven't seen any mention of external temperature and ambient pressure
sensors on the MER's. MPF had them on the lander which also included a wind
speed experiment, but the MER's seem to be focused on the mineralogy. I am
sure they have internal temperature sensors which provide part of the
engineering data though.

Richard Stewart writes:

Apart from the fabulous photos both rovers are sending back, what else
are the scientists finding?

I'm trying to find readings on ambient temperature, day/night temperature
swings, pressure, wind velocity, stuff like that...

Is this info published anywhere?

Try visting the MER website.


-- Gordon D. Pusch

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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.)
--
MOST launched 30 June; science observations running | Henry Spencer
since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending. |

In article , Richard Stewart
wrote:

Hi All,
Apart from the fabulous photos both rovers are sending back, what else are
the scientists finding?

I'm trying to find readings on ambient temperature, day/night temperature
swings, pressure, wind velocity, stuff like that...

There's a graph of the Spirit Mossbauer look at the rock Adirondack on
the rover site. It's one of today's pictures.

On 30 Jan 2004 08:46:13 -0600,
(Gordon D. Pusch) wrote:

Richard Stewart writes:

Apart from the fabulous photos both rovers are sending back, what else
are the scientists finding?

I'm trying to find readings on ambient temperature, day/night temperature
swings, pressure, wind velocity, stuff like that...

Is this info published anywhere?

Try visting the MER website.

They have a website?
I am joking - the website contains mainly photos... I can't find any
section that has data findings...

Cheers,
Richard