Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Science

Ian David

(69,059 posts)

2. What Is This Shiny Metallic Thing Found On Mars?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 10:19 AM

Feb 2013

What Is This Shiny Metallic Thing Found On Mars?

...
NASA suspects that this may be piece of rover hardware, but they are not sure yet. Can it be some screw that got loose and fell off the rover? Just in case, Curiosity's team will wait until they get the close up of the object. That will help them "in assessing possible impact, if any, to sampling activities."
...

More:
http://gizmodo.com/5950185/what-is-this-shiny-metallic-thing-found-on-mars

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

11 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity Captures Image Of Strange Shiny Metallic Looking Object [View all] struggle4progress Feb 2013 OP

that's 0.5 cm? Wow, I can't perceive any relative size perspective, it seems... hlthe2b Feb 2013 #1

dunno. i haven't found an article about the feature, that i really like struggle4progress Feb 2013 #4

LOL hlthe2b Feb 2013 #7

What Is This Shiny Metallic Thing Found On Mars? Ian David Feb 2013 #2

iirc that turned out to be a shred of plastic that fell off curiosity struggle4progress Feb 2013 #6

Looks like yesphan Feb 2013 #3

wonder what happens to Mars if you pull the tab... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2013 #8

Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff............. yesphan Feb 2013 #9

Too small for a survey marker pscot Feb 2013 #5

It's part of the rear buffer panel. knitter4democracy Feb 2013 #10

I'm a leaf on the wind. DainBramaged Feb 2013 #11