Sunday, November 25, 2012

The Sands of Mars

I'm super-excited about the Curiosity team's pending announcement. (Link.)
Above: "Dark Sand Cascades of Mars", which was today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.(High res. link)

1 comment:

Pete said...

Just following up: So they have detected organic, carbon-based compounds in some soil samples, but they haven't ruled out the compounds being carried by the rover itself from earth.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20121203.html