What happens when dust storms bury these before we get around to building and launching a return system?

We send another drone to unburry the rocks, duh.

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Or perhaps he is just not as educated on the subject? 8 wouldn't expect the average person to know something like this and it makes sense for him to ask the question to get himself educated on the subject.

But... You didn't describe anything...

mah just say that they're wrong but don't tell why. makes yourself look good

I’m not exactly sure where in your comment you’re describing anything but I sure didn’t learn anything from your comment. Maybe if you actually elaborated… but anyways here’s a downvote for complaining about downvotes you absolutely earned

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>yay, dowvotes, for simply

Being a pretentious twit.

You are correct that the dust storms on Mars are moving less material than dust storms on Earth. That doesn't mean things left on the surface cannot be buried. It's not a bad question, and doesn't deserve your knee jerk shitty attitude.

We will put the rocks underneath another rock, to shield the dust

Explainer video about the mission: https://youtu.be/D_d-swBXCUE?t=77

Salty, much?

Your social skills are from mars!

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How long might it take to be buried? Will they put them in any kind of cover?

Gate -keeping Mars atmospheric research... I'm fucking dying laughing at you.

Not sure, but for comparison, rovers on Mars often experience failstate conditions when dust covers their solar panels over the course of a few months to a year or so. There have been instances of small twisters rolling past or over a rover and clearing off the panels.

So the deposition is probably not more than a few mm annually, if that, and maybe the material of the sample holders is dust repellant or something, but "being covered by dust" is most certainly something to consider.