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• Sulfuric acid
  ...he form of SO₃ it can represent up to 37% by weight of certain rock formations. SO₃ + H₂O can produce sulfuric acid, alt
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• Yttrium
  ...nd 150 ppm (dry weight average of 23 ppm) and in sea water at 9 ppt. Lunar rock samples collected during the American Apollo Project have a relatively high
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• Water Infrastructure
  ...ate.net/figure/Compressive-strength-and-density-of-ice-versus-a-variety-of-rock-types-data-from_fig3_272743517</ref> so drilling might not be too much work ...205_3.pdf</ref>, or 36 kJ/kg. With the reduced shear strength compared to rock, then crushing it might require something like 3 kJ/kg or less. This is tw
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• Noctis Labyrinthus
  ...break up into large boulders or blocks are thought to be formed from hard rock like basalt from the many volcanoes on the planet. In many places, however ...undreds of kilometers, and in the process dissolved many minerals from the rock it passed through. When ground water surfaces in low areas containing sedi
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• Martian Meteorites
  A Martian [[meteorite]] is a piece of rock that has been ejected from Mars via meteoritic impact or volcanic eruption ...at do not contain round chondrate spherules. An orthopyroxenite(OPX) is a rock made of orthopyroxene and pyroxenite. ALH 84001 has gotten more attention
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• Ritchey Crater
  ...layers from erosion. Under this hard, dark layer is a softer, light-toned rock that breaks into small boulders. The layers might be formed of volcanic ash ...s containing clay minerals in Ritchey Crater. Impact melt is created when rock melted during an impact cools and hardens. <ref>Sun, V., and R. Milliken.
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• Deimos
  ...(the inner moon is [[Phobos]].) [[w:Deimos_(moon)|Deimos]] is composed of rock rich in carbonaceous material. Although the surface is noticeably smoother
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• Volcano
  ...hot material from the interior of the body erupts onto the surface. Molten rock underground (magma) breaks thru to the surface where it becomes ash, lava o ..., which is very small. It is formed when lava flows over wet, sedimentary rock. The water boils, blasting up thru the lava field, leaving a field of smal
  9 KB (1,402 words) - 11:52, 5 January 2023
• Radioactive Rarity on Mars
  ...anic eruptions will bring mantle material to the surface. U/Th/K, are all rock-loving minerals so this might help to explain their relative rarity. In ot Granite on Earth is generated with water rich rock (from subducting oceanic plates) and volcanic eruptions. Granite is common
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• Mining
  ...rth is largely done with an initial phase using explosives to fracture the rock for removal to a processing plant. This might not be the most practical me ...e efficient to dig tunnels to access the ore than to remove the overlaying rock and regolith. Since Mars has only about 38% as much gravity as Earth<ref>Mc
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• Metallurgy
  ...and temperatures can form carbonyls. Metal atoms leave the surface of the rock or dust, and form a toxic liquid formed of a metal ion surrounded by severa
  2 KB (302 words) - 12:54, 29 November 2022
• Foundation
  ...ore there is no soil. The material on the Martian surface is either sand, rock or [[regolith]]. Large areas of Mars appear to be covered with lava flows and rock. The foundations required on such materials would be minimal. As there is
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• Mineral
  Minerals can be formed by crystallization of magma (molten rock) deep within a planet. When the magma cools, certain elements combine to fo
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• Jezero Crater
  The Mars 2020 rover mission will be able to examine at least 5 types of rock, including clays and carbonates.<ref>https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php ...tps://mars.nasa.gov/news/9029/nasas-perseverance-rover-collects-first-mars-rock-sample/</ref>
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• Mars Music
  ...nt to Go to Mars” by ''The'' ''Birdwatchers'' and written in more of a pop-rock style. ..."Life on Mars."[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo] There is the rock band called ''30 Seconds to Mars''. One of its founders, Jared Leto, descri
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• Crew 177 - Journalism Reports
  Today four crew members went out on EVA to Candor Chasm and collected five rock samples to conduct chemistry experiments on, later this week in the lab. Th After lunch, the five rock samples were taken to the lab and prepared for testing later this week by b
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• Spirit
  *Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) ...e. One type can be brushed off, while another needed to be removed by the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT).<ref>Christensen P (August 2004). "Initial Results from
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• Fretted terrain
  ...al debris. Icarus: 34. 600-613.</ref> At first, they appeared to resemble rock glaciers on Earth. But scientists could not be sure. Even after the [[Mars Besides rock-covered glaciers around mesas, the region had many steep-walled valleys wit
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• Opportunity
  *Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) ==Rock and mineral discoveries at Meridiani Planum==
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• Crater
  ...ts impacting the [[Mars]] surface cause highly energetic impacts, ejecting rock, [[regolith|dust]] and gases into the atmosphere and surrounding landscape.
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