Posted on 11/02/2012 7:25:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Methane is M.I.A. on Mars. Back in 2009, NASA announced some pretty astounding observations from Mars. They thought they'd spotted signs of methane in the red planet's atmosphere, which would force astronomers to contemplate the possibility of biological activity on Mars. NASA's Curiosity rover hasn't made any close encounters of the third kind yet, and after analyzing Mars' atmosphere, turned up no traces of methane. The rover used its Sample Analysis at Mars to measure atmospheric composition for the first time today, and while more tests need to be conducted to determine methane presence definitely, it's not looking good for everyone who hoped Curiosity would find little green men. "The bottom line is that we have no detection of methane so far," says NASA/JPL's Chris Webster. "But we're going to keep looking in the months ahead since Mars, as we all know, may yet hold surprises for us." [Space.com]
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Mars may have had water but it never had farting whales?
I should hope that for that amount of money and time that they also proved that there was no (list of all the periodic table of elements).
This test got an unexpected result. Earlier tests indicated methane, and this test did not.
So to prove it conclusively, the results of the best 57 out of 113 tests should be considered the absolutely correct test result.
I should hope that for that amount of money and time that they also proved that there was no (list of all the periodic table of elements).
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