This weekend, if I can make some time, I'm going to put together a follow-up on my previous hematite post. Since writing that, I've learned a lot more about the various processes involved in the formations of hematite and what that might mean in the hunt for water and life on Mars. In that post, also, I left out some key factors that certainly matter and I hope to be able to correct that without getting even more wrong this time around :-)
We've also learned a great deal from Opportunity's mini-TES mineral mapping of her crater and surface surroundings. The time is ripe for further speculation :-)
So, if tomorrow's press conference doesn't spoil all of the fun of this great mystery, expect to see more hematite information and speculation over the weekend.
Posted by asa at February 5, 2004 06:10 PM