Planetary Society Hangout, Jan 17, 2013: Joel Hurowitz on Sampling Mars with Curiosity

Dr. Joel Hurowitz from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory joins Emily Lakdawalla this week to talk about Curiosity's drilling and sampling system.

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  Science & Technology

[m1aws]

I've a bet on.

The drilled rock is basically Portland cement.

[m1aws]

It weighs 340Kg on Mars; divided by the number of wheels gives under 60Kg per wheel. One, (front port) is punctured already.

[KC Jenner]

At 52:07 Emily is responding to a commonly asked question about crushing the rocks on Mars. Her reply was rather simply... with the ONE ton Curiosity Rover it would just simply driver over to crush any of the rocks.  Then the mechanical arm might then pick up the pieces that it needed for sampling later.

[Andrew Planet]

Yes, thank you ever so much, again. Its just awesome that we are living at this stage in Planetary exploration and that it could not be more real.

[Michael John Battista]

thankyou again

[MrPhacops]

Lance Sievert: subj: lodestones - maybe it's better to generalize the question: can curiosity measure rock magnetism? (I don't know the answer)

[Keimpe de Jong]

curiosity is being supported by odyssey, I think i read it will be replaced in the near future, what do expect from that

[httprover]

bye

[Lance Sievert]

Does anyone know if any naturally occuring lodestones have been found on mars?

[MrPhacops]

thanks so much Joel, and Emily, too!