Problems

1
Problems

• Contamination of Equipment/Samples
• Efficiency of Equipment (How it analyzes, How
  detailed the analysis will be, cost)
• Man needed?

2
Possible Solutions

• Pre-sterilized air-tight container
• Constant sterilizer of rover/spacecraft
• Various imagers and chemical analysis equipment
  (listed in the next page)

3
Solutions (from Phoenix)

• Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) Eyes of the
  Spaceship
• Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) Eyes of the Rover
  -
  Physical digging, basic liquid analysis
• 
  - Close-up images
• Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) landscape camera
• TEGA Thermal and Evolved Gas AnalyzerMECA
  Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity
  AnalyzerWC Wet Chemistry ExperimentM
  Microscopy, including the Optical Microscope and
  the Atomic Force MicroscopeTECP Thermal and
  Electrical Conductivity Probe

4

• http//phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/science04.php
• http//phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/science05.php
• http//phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/imageCategories.php
  
• http//mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/samplereturns.ht
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