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.
