NASA Mars announcement?

by Lazarus on Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:40 pm

Apparently there may be something coming up, arsenic bacteria on Mars maybe? Razz

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165513016/big-news-from-mars-rover-scientists-mum-for-now

by jyril on Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:32 pm

Apparently something at least a geologist specialized on Mars would be excited about. Wink

My guess it's about a detection of organic molecules they didn't expect to see there.

by Sirius_Alpha on Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:46 pm

There's out of control parroting regarding @MarsCuriosity. The "one for the history books" refers to the mission, not any one new discovery.

https://twitter.com/bnjacobs/status/271276975799296001

Bob Jacobs, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Communications

by PlutonianEmpire on Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:14 pm

Ha! I knew there was a reason to be skeptical. Razz

by Lazarus on Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:43 pm

More information...
http://www.space.com/18599-what-did-curiosity-find-on-mars-video.html

by jyril on Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:39 pm

jyril wrote:My guess it's about a detection of organic molecules they didn't expect to see there.

Wrong!

by Sirius_Alpha on Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:36 pm

Well, as per the conference, there is a detection of organics but they are unable to rule out an origin from Earth. So no celebrations yet.

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