QUESTION:
Was the g force reported during landing measured in Martian g's or Earth
g's?

ANSWER from Chris Salvo on August 19, 1997:
Typically the term "g" refers to 9.81 meter/s/s or 32.2 ft/s/s, regardless
of where one is when discussing it.  As you point out there is indeed a
difference in the acceleration due to gravity on Mars and Earth, but the
measurement is almost always in reference to an Earth g.  So, the impact
accelerations we refer to are in fact full strength, Earth g numbers.  Wow! 
That's a pretty hard bounce.
     
Chris