Planetary conjunction – with no MSL operations – is an ideal time for a team meeting. We have just finished a a Mars Science Laboratory team meeting in Paris (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle) and at the IAS Orsay. This gave us a chance to discuss the latest ChemCam data calibration and how that may change our views of the differentiation of the Mars crust. The idea of Mars as a solely basaltic world is being changed by MSL and ChemCam, we have seen many more silica-rich analyses than we expected.
15th June 2015 Sol 1015
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This blog is a record of my experiences and work during the Mars Science Laboratory mission, from the preparation, landing on August 5th 2012 Pacific Time, and onwards... I will also post updates about our other Mars work on meteorites, ExoMars and new missions. You can also follow the planetary science activities with @LeicsPlanets Professor John Bridges, School of Physics and Astronomy
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