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Stickmaker ([personal profile] stickmaker) wrote2008-07-29 11:21 am
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Phoenix Lander

I 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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[identity profile] gavinfox.livejournal.com 2008-07-29 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhhh... what? *confused*

[identity profile] stickmaker.livejournal.com 2008-07-29 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)


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.

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