Talk:Cavity ring-down spectroscopy

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surely any article about something called 'cavity ring down spectroscopy' isn't going to be read by a general audience? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.81.111 (talk • contribs)


 * While this kind of article will most likely not be read by someone with absolutely no scientific knowledge, it is possible that someone with basic knowledge of related concepts may visit the page out of curiosity or in pursuit of information (actually the same thing, I suppose).
 * In any case, if the article is too technical, then these kinds of users will be forced to search around for information to explain the article, wasting their time, when instead the article could be written in such a way as to explain itself.
 * Another way to look at it: if the article is written in such a way that the experts that already know the data are the only ones that can read the data, what is the point of having the article in the first place? Flash cards would be more efficient. When teaching, teach. 209.173.109.224 (talk) 07:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't it be cavity ring-down spectroscopy (with a hyphen)?--Srleffler (talk) 13:22, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Article Needs Section on Mars Lander CRDS Application Currently Under Development by NASA
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy holds promise for determining whether methane gas on Mars is caused by a biological or nonbiological source. Currently a CRDS device small enough to work on a future Mars lander is under development by NASA. This would be a good article addition and is worthy of a new section.

Sean7phil (talk) 21:03, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * If there are published sources available, feel free to write something about it. If nothing has been published on it yet, we should wait a bit.--Srleffler (talk) 04:48, 16 January 2009 (UTC)