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Curiosity Found Martian Organic Molecules of Neurons & RBC’s?
Saturday, November 24, 2012 19:53
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Dr. John Grotzinger, chief investigator for NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, said
“This data is gonna be one for the history books. It’s looking really good.” (Note 1).
Dr. Grotzinger also said the data was obtained from the soil sample which Curiosity’s X-Ray Diffraction instrument (CheMin) found “amorphous” (Note 2). The “amorphous“ material mostly contains remains of Martian neurons and red blood cells:
The following figure shows “amorphous” neuron remains found in andesite: http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535841&p=245
Sources of above images: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1385
http://geology.indiana.edu/mineralogy/chemin.html (See Figure 4)
Note 1: NPR Interview with Dr. Grotzinger http://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165513016/big-news-from-mars-rover-scientists-mum-for-now
Note 2: Space.com interview with Dr. Grotzinger http://www.space.com/18599-what-did-curiosity-find-on-mars-video.html
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2012-11-24 19:41:06
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