To: bonesmccoy
Did any one catch todays press conference? The TES is up and mapping the local area, and they have found bound water, silicates, CO2 (A Bunch) and carbonates. Carbonates can sometime be a marker for past life. Some really hugh stuff today.
To: Far Right Field
Did any one catch todays press conference? The TES is up and mapping the local area, and they have found bound water, silicates, CO2 (A Bunch) and carbonates. Carbonates can sometime be a marker for past life. Some really hugh stuff today. Oooh! I missed it! Maybe we need a new running thread on Mars Rover info.
2,836 posted on
01/09/2004 12:04:06 PM PST by
Paradox
(Cogito ergo boom.)
To: Far Right Field
missed that post of yours... that's huge news.
There has to be organics around on Mars.
The p=chem redox reactions would be operative on the surface... right? Also, the oxidation is clear from all the rust.
So, there's tons of Oxygen tied up in the oxides.
If there's ice water... we really could seriously be thinking about terraforming sooner than the next 1000 years.
2,848 posted on
01/12/2004 8:59:54 PM PST by
bonesmccoy
(defend America...get vaccinated.)
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