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NASA's Mars News Is Not Life, But Perchlorate

Posted by kdawson on from the somewhat-less-than-alive dept.

leighklotz writes "In an update to the little green men story of not-life-on-Mars, NASA has twittered: 'The buzz this weekend was due to an interesting soil chemistry finding, still preliminary, but now avail here:' where 'here' is NASA Spacecraft Analyzing Martian Soil Data. The exciting bit: 'Within the last month, two samples have been analyzed by the Wet Chemistry Lab of the spacecraft's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA, suggesting one of the soil constituents may be perchlorate, a highly oxidizing substance.' Also, 'NASA will hold a media teleconference on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 2 p.m. EDT, to discuss these recent science activities.'"

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  1. would nasa really meet white house to discuss salt by Latinhypercube · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmmm, I wonder what happened at the White house meeting ? (would NASA really have a meeting at the White house to discuss Perchlorate?) Maybe Bush told Nasa to bury the life on Mars story, as martians aren't in his bible.

  2. Re:would nasa really meet white house to discuss s by Latinhypercube · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What shit head marked this as off topic ? An evangelical nutter perhaps ?