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  • Clue to water on Mars may be an illusion

    04/06/2004 4:20:39 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 24 replies · 146+ views
    ABC ^ | 4/6/04 | Larry O'Hanlon
    The grey mineral on Mars that points to a watery world may be a mirage, say researchers. Grey hematite, the main reason the rover Opportunity was sent to Meridiani Planum on the Red Planet, may in fact be another form of hematite, scientists say, and therefore not such a strong clue to water after all. The debate hinges on how scientists have interpreted data from Opportunity's spectrometer, a device that analyses the rainbows or spectra of light reflected from the mineral's surface. U.S. researcher Dr Laurel Kirkland of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston and team published their work...
  • NASA Ponders Signs of Water-Bearing Mineral on Mars

    02/26/2004 5:58:10 PM PST · by LibWhacker · 32 replies · 168+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | 2/26/04 | Gina Keating
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA (news - web sites) scientists said on Wednesday that they were within weeks of unlocking one of the key mysteries about Mars -- whether the arid planet once had water and was able to support life. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity, working on opposite sides of the planet, have returned data from soil and rock samples that leave open the possibility that Mars once was warmer and wetter. At the end of planned 90-day missions for the rovers, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, should be able to determine what role, if...