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Seminar Detail
The CheMin mineralogical instrument on the MSL mission and the field-portable TERRA version available for NAI field campaigns
Presenter: David Blake
June 30, 2008 11:00 AM Pacific
Dr. Blake will describe the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) '09 mission and its CheMin XRD/XRF instrument. A terrestrial field-deployable version of CheMin (called "TERRA") will be available to perform in situ analyses during NAI field campaigns. The TERRA instrument has already been proven to be invaluable on field expeditions to Spitsbergen (Norway), the dry valleys of Antarctica, Canada (twice), and Rio Tinto (Spain).
TERRA instruments will be provided (for the cost of shipment and refurbishment) to any funded NAI field campaign. This "loaner XRD" program, which we call "Johnny Appleseed CheMin," will provide definitive mineralogical identifications for NAI field campaigns, as well as help to create a database of minerals in rocks and soils for use with MSL'09. A further benefit to the program is that a large number of Astrobiologists will become familiar with CheMin XRD data and will be able to contribute to the interpretations of rocks and soils analyzed by the CheMin flight instrument during MSL '09.Participation Instructions
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1) You can listen to the seminar on the telephone while viewing the slides in WebEx (see WebEx instructions above). The NASA conference phone number will be displayed when joining the WebEx meeting.
2) You can watch the Realplayer webcast at: http://vanseg-1.arc.nasa.gov/2008/AB080630-01.ram and view the slides in WebEx (see WebEx instructions above) There is a 30 second delay for the webcast, so you will need to control the slides manually using the arrow buttons in WebEx. Questions for the speaker can be posted in the WebEx chat area to be answered at the end of the talk. Do not try to watch the Realplayer webcast at the same time as the Polycom or the phone.December 21, 2007
