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[i]Our partners at the French space agency are some of the world's experts in this technology.[/i]
[i]This is a design that has been developed over about two decades in France. It's a very complex and very difficult system to design and build.[/i]
[i]The sensors themselves, electronics, all of the systems of this instrument performed flawlessly in the testing. The problem has been in this vacuum enclosure. It is not that exotic of a technology to maintain a vacuum. The difficulty comes in being able to build a vacuum system that can maintain its integrity with the very harsh conditions on Mars — the very cold temperatures, the survival of the vibrations from the launch and the landing.[/i]
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