Re: Hydrothermal Systems, Stromatolites and Bacterial Concretions! Nasa's Big Lie!

From: Geoffrey A. Landis (geoffrey.landis_at_sff.net)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: 20 Oct 2004 08:56:07 -0700

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:57:32 -0400, "Jonathan" <jon@home.com> wrote:
> What is the policy concerning science data release to the
> public, is there an embargo?
> How long is the embargo, if any?

There is no embargo on MER data. Imaging data is posted to the web
immediately. Science results are presented at scientific conferences
including the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, the COSPAR
meeting, the American Geophysical Union Conference, and the Geological
Society of America meeting. Major science results are announced in
press conferences. The refereed science reports are published in the
scientific journal _Science_. *All* of the science data is calibrated
and released to the Planetary Data system (PDS) in 90-sol increments.

To answer your specific questions, the refereed journal science
publication of the primary (first 90 sols) mission of Spirit has been
published (_Science_, 6 August 2004), and the report on the primary
mission of Opportunity has been accepted for publication and will come
out as soon as the issue _Science_ comes out, which will be shortly, I
hope. The archival PDS release of the calibrated data from Spirit's
first 90 sols has been released by PDS; archival data for
Opportunity's first 90 sols is scheduled for release this month.

It does take some time to get data calibrated and released.
Nevertheless, this is the about the fastest *ever* delivery of
calibrated data from a space mission.

>> >"This is a profound discovery. It has profound implications for
>> >astrobiology," said Edward Weiler, NASA chief of space science, at
a
>> >Washington, D.C., news conference. "If you have any interest in
>> >searching for fossils on Mars, this is the first place you'd want
to
>> >go."

>> >Why has Nasa repeatedly failed to mention that the hematite

>> >at Meridiani was formed in hot water?

some discussion of hematite concretions at various different NASA
sites:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2004/88.cfm
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/intro/gornitz_07/
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/release-062504.html
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040318a.html
http://astrobiology.arc.nasa.gov/news/expandnews.cfm?id=9984
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/20040906.html

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