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• Solar System
  The terrestrial planets are mostly composed of rock but with a thin atmosphere of gas. The gas giants are the biggest objects i
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• Bringing up Phobos
  ...put a small mass driver on Phobos and accelerate it in its orbit by firing rock and ice backwards. This will raise the orbit of Phobos and lower the orbit
  4 KB (721 words) - 15:27, 4 October 2022
• Roads
  ...ld be quite solid, with the exception on dunes and wind transported sand. Rock breaking equipment, combined with crushers and graders should be capable of
  4 KB (681 words) - 12:09, 6 October 2023
• Spacecraft Classification
  ...of being on the planet rather than orbiting and usually pack it with more rock observing and geology type-of experiments rather than atmospheric experimen
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• Elysium quadrangle
  ...s due to their hardness. These boulders are probably made of the volcanic rock basalt since it is hard and is widespread on Mars. Some layers may be caus ...reak in the rock. Magma might move along, under the surface, breaking the rock, and more importantly melting ice. The resulting action would cause a crack
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• Phobos
  ...d of carbonaceous surface materials. Phobos' density is too low to be pure rock, however, and it is known to have significant porosity. These results led t
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• Iapygia quadrangle
  ...ross rock layers. Dikes form when magma rises up in a fault (crack) in the rock. They are generally hard and resistant to erosion; thus they are left stan Many places on Mars show rocks arranged in layers. Rock can form layers in a variety of ways. Volcanoes, wind, or water can produce
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• Concrete
  Sand and stone are common on Mars. Most types of volcanic rock are compatible with concrete.
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• Layers on Mars
  .... Sometimes it is from a layer of hard lava that covered everything. Cap rock, a name given to this hard layer, is seen to break into large blocks or bou ...nd in Gale crater, as seen by Curiosity's Mast Camera The insert shows a rock about the size of Curiosity.
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• Aluminum
  ...ble on Mars. Bauxite is generally the result of intense weathering of base rock, and is usually found in tropical countries. Alumina is separated from the
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• Crew 200 Sol Summaries
  out the east window is the silhouette of Phobos Peak Rock as the morning and Phobos Peak Rock emerged all the more majestic than usual.
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• Crew 193 EVA Reports
  Explore Zubrin’s Head and White Rock Canyon. 1. Explored White Rock Canyon, and Kissing Camel Ridge. Found a few potential shelter sites, and a
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• Crew 4 - Crew Bio
  ...980; including a brief career as a bassist-songwriter from the progressive rock band Jupiter Sheep. After several years developing a variety of internet sk
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• Crew 205 EVA Reports
  .... Communications with HAB Control were lost after passing through Robert's Rock Garden, so while the other team members were looking for suitable sampling ...nd routes per MDRS Map: Southbound on Cow Dung Road (0110), until Robert's Rock Garden
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• The Curious Case for Methane on Mars: Methane and Active Organics Discovered on Mars
  ...nto and examined the rock dubbed “John Klein” scientists realized that the rock contained what biologists call CHNOPS. That acronym stands for Carbon, Hydr
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• Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle
  ==Rock and mineral discoveries at Meridiani Planum== ...e concentrated on the surface as a lag deposit. As little as one meter of rock could have produced the observed blueberry covering .<ref>Squyres, S. et al
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• Mare Tyrrhenum quadrangle
  ...ce of hydrothermal processes that occurred after impact. Impacts fracture rock and create enormous amounts of heat. On Mars, this heat can cause ice to m ...eration minerals in impact-generated hydrothermal systems – Exploring host rock variability. Icarus: 226, 487-496.</ref> Evidence of other hydrothermal
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• Crew 190 EVA Reports
  ...to climb on top of some hill in order to try with a better range. Upon our rock, we were indeed able to see the MDRS. We heard a few words from them, but t – Near Robert’s Rock Garden: 518300E-4249300N
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• InSight Mission
  If the mole encounters a large rock before reaching at least 10 feet (3 meters) down, the team will need a full ...20px|Rock that was named "Rolling Stones Rock." One can see the trail the rock moved when InSight landed]]
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• Chaotic Terrain
  ...aves), and may emerge to the surface lifting up and tilting huge blocks of rock. Chaos terrain is associated with a confusion of mesas, hills, valleys, gu
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