drilling deeper
Dec. 13th, 2002 11:47 am(posted from home) I'm writing this on a Northwest flight, headed generally home from business this week in Houston. We were planning for two Mars-prototype drilling projects, arguing about automation and the degree of overlap between the two projects. One is targeting a site in the high Arctic (at Eureka, 80 deg.N on Ellesmere I.), the other an acid (Ph=2.3) river in Spain containing primitive anaerobic bacteria like those that flourished in Earth's (and Mars's??) early days. Running something like this drilling on Mars will require some kind of automation... but we were debating how much should be developed and tested for these field tests in 2004-05.
( Space Act and patent awards this week )
( Some self-doubts and personal tactics were thrashed at a weekend workshop )
This weekend, I have no plans other than shopping and spending time with![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
patgreene and the kids, and possibly driving into the Santa Cruz mountains on Sunday to chop down a Christmas tree. Next Tuesday I'll be off again, to Washington, DC (Tue-Thur) and to Atlanta (Thur - Sat). In DC I've gotten a government-rate room at the Tyson's Ritz-Carlton... that should be fun. Maybe I can persuade someone there to join me for tea *).
( Space Act and patent awards this week )
( Some self-doubts and personal tactics were thrashed at a weekend workshop )
This weekend, I have no plans other than shopping and spending time with
patgreene and the kids, and possibly driving into the Santa Cruz mountains on Sunday to chop down a Christmas tree. Next Tuesday I'll be off again, to Washington, DC (Tue-Thur) and to Atlanta (Thur - Sat). In DC I've gotten a government-rate room at the Tyson's Ritz-Carlton... that should be fun. Maybe I can persuade someone there to join me for tea *).
