What is this cylinder on the Martian surface at the Viking 2 landing site?

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What is the cylinder on the Martian surface in this image taken by the Viking 2 lander?

Test sample? Engine Bell? landing tank? Good question @foobarbecue — Anti Elon Guy, Aug 20 at 6:13

675longtail · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-20 06:37:39Z

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$\begingroup$ The shroud is listed in this Wikipedia article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artificial_objects_on_Mars $\endgroup$
– Woody
Aug 20 at 14:50
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$\begingroup$ So the first thing the lander did was throw trash on the surface of Mars??? $\endgroup$
– Jon Custer
Aug 21 at 15:39
$\begingroup$ @JonCuster, could be worse. The first thing sent to the Moon was a pair of fragmentation grenades. $\endgroup$
– Mark
Aug 22 at 2:20
$\begingroup$ Link works better without the sandia header: xkcd.com/2125 $\endgroup$
– Cristobol Polychronopolis
Aug 22 at 14:07

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