Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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From CNN:
"... The rover attempted to make history on Friday and collect its first sample of the red planet, but data returned to Earth by Perseverance showed that no rock was collected during its attempt. ...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/world/ma ... index.html

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Re: Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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From Space.com:
"NASA's 1st attempt to collect Mars samples with Perseverance rover comes up empty"

https://www.space.com/perseverance-rove ... empt-fails

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Re: Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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Hope the kinks get worked out....
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Re: Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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From NASA:
"NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt"

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-per ... ng-attempt

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Re: Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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I wonder what properties the Martian surface might have that prevent these issues from being uncovered during testing on Earth. We've had synthetic regolith for laboratory testing since the days of Apollo.
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Re: Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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From Ars Technica:
"Why Perseverance’s first Mars drilling test came up empty"

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08 ... -up-empty/

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Re: Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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That's a shame! Hopefully future cores will remain intact.

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Re: Perseverance rover's first attempt to collect Martian sample didn't go as planned

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Bad news on that try. I hope the next attempts will be more successful.
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