NEWS FLASH: NASA announces discovery of organic compounds found on Mars by Curiosity. , | |
DREWFMX User ID: 27365943 United States 12/03/2012 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NEWS FLASH: NASA announces discovery of organic compounds found on Mars by Curiosity. This unanswered question is did Curiosity bring them along, or are they indigenous to Mars? Quoting: chem it says "water and sulfur and chlorine-containing substances, among other ingredients, showed up in samples curiositys arm delivered to an analytical laboratory inside the rover." Kind of vague details. Does anyone else have any more on this? DREWFMX |
ROB User ID: 27371577 Switzerland 12/03/2012 01:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | FROM A NEWS ITEM... The most intriguing part of the announcement, which took place at the American Geophysical Union's annual fall meeting, was the statement that Curiosity has discovered "organic compounds" in the Martian dirt. In a true demonstration of scientific rigor, Mahaffy began his speech by saying there was "no definitive detection to support organic compounds" on Mars. He then began to explain how Curiosity's latest experiments show levels of carbon and chlorine ... |
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