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NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

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1535 - Checking out the drill & broken bedrock after it broke up during drilling (infosec.pub)
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No sign of a rock core in the drill be. I'm assuming the coring process was halted when the rock broke up

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[–] paulhammond5155@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Great comparison using the before and after shots. Fully agreed regarding the diverse mineralogy found in this mission. When I first saw these close-ups of the rock fractured by the drill, I thought maybe we were seeing thick mineral fill fractures, we've seen thin fracture fills on this mission, but if these are very large veins, that would be a first for Jezero (AFAIK). Whatever they are I agree that this stuff needs the 'full treatment' with all available instruments :)