William One Sac
01-11-2004, 07:00 PM
The Mars rover Spirit has not even left its landing platform yet, but mission managers say some of its major scientific goals are already well on the way to being realised. Most importantly, Spirit has detected tantalising signs of minerals that could provide the long-sought evidence of Mars's watery past.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994554
This is very exciting news if they can confirm their initial findings, especially if they find clay in the vicinity of the rover. It would explain the anomolies found where the Spirit pulled the air bags in with the soil.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994554
This is very exciting news if they can confirm their initial findings, especially if they find clay in the vicinity of the rover. It would explain the anomolies found where the Spirit pulled the air bags in with the soil.