Hi Brian et alJust saw this report <a ...

Hi Brian et al

Just saw this report here

Seems like the TECP instrument has found no liquid or vapour water at the surface despite the layer of ice at about 3 cms and diurnal significant changes in humidity in the atmosphere around the lander.

It seems to be a most perplexing result.

Could it be that the surface cohesivity factor (whatever it is) strongly and quickly binds any moisture coming from the atmosphere or from the subsurface? COuld the fluffy surface layers that we see in the OMs be binding water that isn't released when the TECP detector pins enter the soil? If there is a difference in structure of the subsurface layers above the ice, might scrapings from that layer contain water?

I must admit I am very disappointed at the results, so far, of the TECP investigations.

Winston