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Rumors and speculation that there are major new findings from the mission at this early stage are incorrect. The news conference will be an update about first use of the rover's full array of analytical instruments to investigate a drift of sandy soil. One class of substances Curiosity is checking for is organic compounds -- carbon-containing chemicals that can be ingredients for life. At this point in the mission, the instruments on the rover have not detected any definitive evidence of Martian organics.
‘This data is gonna be one for the history books. It’s looking really good'
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Arbitrageur
The hype came from the media, not NASA. There was no announcement. The whole brouhaha was based on that single quote from Grotzinger in the interview. The data retrieved by Curiosity will be historic...no matter what it indicates...because such analysis has never been done.
edit on 11/29/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by cavalryscout
If they were to find anything do you honestly think they would say, "Hey, there's life on Mars" ?
Deny, deny, deny. It's what they are taught and what is expected.
edit on 29-11-2012 by cavalryscout because: (no reason given)
Mars Rover Press Release
nasaupdatecenter.us...
Originally posted by cartesia
Posting this here because I'm not allowed to make new threads yet... It is relevant.
They may not have found anything organic in the soil, but sitting on the surface of the soil apparently they've found PLASTIC SPHERES!
Mars Rover Press Release
nasaupdatecenter.us...
Most people shrug at this when I show them... This could be absolutely HUGE - as the only place we know of plastic originating besides very advanced synthesis technology is from OIL which originates of course from.. fossilized once-living stuff! They have various hypotheses but obviously one cannot ignore what is the most likely reason (at least here on earth).
Here's hoping.
Originally posted by alienreality
reply to post by cartesia
Nice find!, that article proves 100% that there IS organic material there.. Nasa scientists are even quoted as saying so... They say it is from petro chemicals, and that is organic chemistry 101...and now we see this backtracking by them, it doesn't make much sense at all..
Originally posted by Cito
stop spreading hoax links
sheesh it's worse than a virus...
take the tinfoil hats off
Originally posted by impaired
Originally posted by Cito
stop spreading hoax links
sheesh it's worse than a virus...
take the tinfoil hats off
That was a good one. The site looks so legit.
nasaupdatecenter.us...
All links but the top two (of the face and the plastic) go straight to NASA/JPL, etc.
Originally posted by DragonFire1024
Update Set in San Francisco About Curiosity Mars Rover
At this point in the mission, the instruments on the rover have not detected any definitive evidence of Martian organics.
Reactions with other chemicals in SAM's oven formed chlorinated methane compounds, which geologists consider organic chemicals because they contain carbon. Mahaffy said it was most likely that the chlorine came from a perchlorate-like compound in the soil. However, he said it wasn't yet clear whether the tiny amount of carbon in the compounds came from the Martian soil or was actually brought to Mars from Earth by Curiosity itself.