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Originally Posted by t@nn
I hope all goes well. If something does happen how much will Phoenix's ability to do research be curtailed? What other options will it have?
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Well I hate to be the gainsayer here, but It -has- accomplished two of it's primary goals already, and those are finding water on the soil surface as was theorized, and to find chemicals in the soil that can support certain forms of bacterial life.
There are Eight ovens so if one is lost, we will lose the ability to sample what that oven/gas chromatograph was designed for. I'm not sure what Oven 4 relates too, I'll see if I can find out.