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NASA Selects Mars Landing Sites

Posted by michael on from the lawn-dart dept.

carstene writes "NASA has announced the finial landing sites for the upcoming mars rover missions. Looks like they are going looking for water in a dried lake bed and a promising site that looks like it contains hematite."

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  1. If Kryptonite make Kryptonians weak by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Kyptonite makes Kryptionians weak, does hematite make Hemos weak?

    Perhaps Hemos should stay away from that area of Mars...

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  2. Re:Hematite? by eggstasy · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you remember the controversial meteor of martian origin that was found a while ago, you will also recall that the alleged signs of life were iron crystals of a kind that is usually, at least on Earth, only produced by bacteria.
    Hematite is an iron ore. It's logical to assume they're looking for more rocks like that one, which could point towards the existance of life on Mars, past or present.