
Has Curiosity Made an ‘Earth-Shaking’ Discovery on Mars?
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Thought it might have been about a marsquake, but not anymore. Fossilised organisms? New organic compounds? A watering hole? Who knows, details on the web in the next few days perhaps...
www.universetoday.com/98576/has-curiosit...h-shaking-discovery/
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say; "I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER".
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However despite the disappointment the search for intelligent life will continue.
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"My team thinks that this mission will go to history books"
And not like some journalists claimed that discvery that "Curiosity" MADE will go to history books.
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The next news conference about the NASA Mars rover Curiosity will be held in San Francisco at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Rumors and speculation that there are major new findings from the mission at this early stage are incorrect. The news conference will be an update about first use of the rover's full array of analytical instruments to investigate a drift of sandy soil. One class of substances Curiosity is checking for is organic compounds -- carbon-containing chemicals that can be ingredients for life. At this point in the mission, the instruments on the rover have not detected any definitive evidence of Martian organics.

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"No Martians, but NASA's Curiosity rover reports that the first soil sample taken from Mars contains chlorine-laced compounds similar to ones seen on the Red Planet's frozen poles and tantalizing hints of others that could be precursors to life's chemistry."
Close but no prize.
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