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Has Curiosity Made an ‘Earth-Shaking’ Discovery?
This image was taken by Front Hazcam onboard NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 102 (2012-11-18 21:41:54 UTC). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Mars Science Laboratory team has hinted that they might have some big news to share soon. But like good scientists, they are waiting until they verify their results before saying anything definitive. In an interview on NPR today, MSL Principal Investigator John Grotzinger said a recent soil sample test in the SAM instrument (Sample Analysis at Mars) shows something ‘earthshaking.’
“This data is gonna be one for the history books,” he said. “It’s looking really good.”
What could it be?
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2012-11-20 10:04:22
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/98576/has-curiosity-made-an-earth-shaking-discovery/
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They’ve found rabbit poop. There are rabbits on mars.
hah! that was pretty funny.