On Jul 30, 12:01 pm, Wretch Fossil <
wretchfos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 29, 9:17 pm,WretchFossil<
wretchfos...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, also known as Curiosity)
> > drills into rocks (fossils) on Mars at low speed, the drilling will
> > loosen blood vessel remains and leave blood vessel remains dangling in
> > the drill holes (Ref. 1). The microscopic imager (MAHLI) will capture
> > the images of blood vessel remains by imaging the drill holes (Ref.
> > 2).
>
> > Ref. 1:blood vessel remains loosened from meteoriteshttp://
www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=lin440315&book=28&page=8
>
> > Ref. 2: drill hole imaging is listed at bottom of JPL webpage athttp://
msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/Instruments/MAHLI/
>
> > Read more athttp://
wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/p/major-messages-from-wretch-fossil_1...
>
> New edition:
>
> When NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, also known as Curiosity)
> travels across Gale Crater on Mars, its wheels will dig trenches on
> the surface and expose blood vessel remains in the trenches (Ref. 1).
> Its microscopic imager (MAHLI) will capture the images of blood vessel
> remains by imaging the trenches with z-stacked auto-focus micrographs
> (Ref. 2). Other Martian rovers/landers could not do this in the past.
>
> Ref. 1: examples of blood vessel remains loosened from meteoriteshttp://
www.wretch.cc/album/album.php?id=lin440315&book=28&page=8
>
> Ref. 2: microscopic imager on board Curiosityhttp://
msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/Instruments/MAHLI/
After NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, also known as Curiosity)
lands on Mars on Aug. 6, it can expose Martian blood vessel remains
(Ref. 1) in one of the following ways:
1. It can use its wheels to crush selected rocks of a few centimeters
high.
2. It can use its drills to dig holes and acquire samples < 150
micrometers in diameter (Ref. 2). Maybe it can somehow acquire larger
samples.
3. It can use its wheels to create trenches on hard ground or soft
rocks.
Its microscopic imager (MAHLI) will capture the images of blood vessel
remains with z-stacked auto-focus micrographs (Ref. 3). Other Martian
Ref. 2: drills on Curiosity
http://msl-scicorner.jpl.nasa.gov/samplingsystem/
Ref. 3: microscopic imager onboard Curiosity