Phoenix Lander
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stickmakerI know they were tight on money and time, but the folks who build the Phoenix Mars lander really should have coated the scoop with polytetrafluoroethylene.
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Date: 2008-07-29 06:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-29 06:51 pm (UTC)They're having problems with the soil and ice samples sticking in the scoop.
I'm hoping the stickiness is due to filamentous bacteria or fungal rhizomes.