Curiosity Will Start Drill rocks on Mars
Currently NASA is memersiapkan robot team Curiosity to Mars rock drill and it was the first time since the robot landed on Mars Curiosity August 5. Team to drill rock of the region named John Klein at which point it was discovered strong evidence that water once flowed past and collected on the spot. John Klein name itself is taken from the name of one of the deputies Curiosity Project who died in 2011. "Basically, the rocks there has been amended by the water," said John Grotzinger of scientists from Caltech in Pasadena.
Curiosity will drill deep Martian rocks 2.5 cm. Stones to be drilled is a stone that has grooves mineral striking colors like in the picture above. On Earth as it features formed by water flowing through the fracture gap, "said Nicolas Mangold of the University of Nantes in France, which is one of the development team Chemcam Curiosity. Addition, there is also an open section called Shaler, proving the existence of a multiple stream sediment too great a possibility of them driven by water and wind. geology in the area of diversity John Klein, scientists say that it is very possible that the planet Mars was once a wet and warm planet. following is a sample of Mars rock photo to be drilled. photograph was taken by Curiosity in the area called Sheepbed.
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