Mars Rover stirs new ground

[ariesr]

Almost akin to orange soil moment on moon?<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br />Nasa says its robot rover Spirit has made one of its most significant discoveries on the surface of Mars. <br /><br />Scientists believe a patch of ground disturbed by the vehicle shows evidence of a past environment that would have been perfect for microbial life.<br /><br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7137793.stm

 

[chad_621]

this is getting off topic, who's to say Mars isn't an ideal planet for future life as Earth is today?<br />Took the Earth about a billion years for life to happen. Maybe mars will be lucky enough to collide with a 'supercomet' and in 2 billion years it will be suitable for life.<br />Do you think humans will be around for that? We've conquered and have over 100,000 years of experience in life. We know all.

 

[3488]

Thanks ariesr,<br /><br />A update on this very topic here from JPL.<br /><br />This is most fascinating reading, particulalrly as it refers to volcanic processes too.<br /><br />It does look like MER A Spirit has found evidence for an ancient fumerole in the Columbia Hills. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>