The Chemin Mineralogical Instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory

نویسندگان

  • R. Anderson
  • D. Bish
  • S. Chipera
  • S. Chemtob
  • R. Downs
  • J. Farmer
  • M. Gailhanou
  • D. Ming
  • D. Morris
  • E. Stolper
  • P. Sarrazin
  • A. Treiman
چکیده

MISSION. D.F. Blake, D.Vaniman, R. Anderson, D. Bish, S. Chipera, S. Chemtob, J. Crisp, D. J. DesMarais, R. Downs, J. Farmer, M. Gailhanou, D. Ming, D. Morris, E. Stolper, P. Sarrazin, A. Treiman, A. Yen. Exobiology Branch, MS 239-4, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000; [email protected]; EES-6, MS D462, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 86545; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109; Dept. of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East Tenth St., Bloomington, IN 47405; Chesapeake Energy Corporation, 6100 N. Western Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73118; Dept. of Geological Sciences, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109; Department of Geosciences, Gould-Simpson Building, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721; Dept. of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287; IM2NP, UMR 6242 CNRS, Universite Paul Cezanne, Aix-marseille III, Marseille, France; Astromaterials Branch, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058; inXitu, Inc., 2551 Casey Ave., Suite A, Mountain View, CA 94043; Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058-1113.

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تاریخ انتشار 2009