Science and Exploration

NASA AMASE 2008: Day 1: Alan’s Entry

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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August 4, 2008 / Written by: Alan – The Volcano team was composed of: Dave Blake (inventor of the CheMin X-ray Diffraction device, and Principal Investigator of the CheMin instrument on NASA’s Mars Science Lab Rover), Allan Treiman (an itinerant geologist, mineralogist, and mal vivant, who claims he was tricked into coming on AMASE08), and Ivar Midtkandl (a sedimentologist and mineralogist, as well as an experienced Arctic expedition veteran – soon heading to a post-doctoral position in Australia.

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August 4, 2008 / Written by: Alan – The Volcano team was composed of: Dave Blake (inventor of the CheMin X-ray Diffraction device, and Principal Investigator of the CheMin instrument on NASA’s Mars Science Lab Rover), Allan Treiman (an itinerant geologist, mineralogist, and mal vivant, who claims he was tricked into coming on AMASE08), and Ivar Midtkandl (a sedimentologist and mineralogist, as well as an experienced Arctic expedition veteran – soon heading to a post-doctoral position in Australia.

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