The chances of life having once existed on Mars got a boost this week alongside good news for astronauts on any future expeditions to the Red Planet. Six papers from Curiosity team members presented to the autumn meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco revealed that they had directly dated their first Martian rock, gave details of an ancient lake where life may once of existed, and found new evidence about the radiation hazards that explorers and colonists may one day face... Continue Reading Curiosity dates rock, finds potential good news for astronauts and search for life
Section: Space
Tags: Curiosity Rover, Geology, Life, Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA,Radiation
Related Articles:
Curiosity collects first bedrock drill sample
NASA confirms Curiosity's first drill sample collected
Curiosity conducts historic first drilling on Mars
Curiosity finds signs that life could have existed on Mars
Curiosity suspends sampling, may have dropped a bit of itself
Curiosity takes panoramic self-portrait on Mars
No comments:
Post a Comment
Rules for submitting comments:
1. No profanity. I maintain the pretense that this is a family-friendly site.
2. Stay on topic. A bit of straying and off-hand commenting is okay, but hijacking the discussion is right out.
3. No ad hominem attacks. Attack the subject, not the other person on the thread and keep the discussion civil.
4. No spamming or commercial endorsements. These get deleted immediately.
Tip: Beware of putting hyperlinks in your comments–especially at the end. For some reason, Blogger interprets these as spam.
Note: Due to the recent spate of anonymous spamming, registration for comments is now required.