July 15, 2004

NASA Adapting Earth Sensor To Read Data From Mole In Mars Soil

Posted by tourdemars to Technology at July 15, 2004 04:08 PM

NASA scientists are modifying a sensor so it could look for signs of martian life by reading data from a soil-burrowing 'mole' capsule. Researchers at NASA Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley are adapting the Earth observation instrument for potential use during future Mars missions in a search for water, ice, organics and minerals in the soil.
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On another of the msnnbc site stories. Mars landscape analogies found here on Earth, na.. in america?
Greetings from Martian America from the cosmic log by Alan Boyle. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3217961
Oh and the story does mention the F word fossils.... One can hardly wait until Nasa makes that sort of anouncement for Mars.

Posted by: Harold LaValley at July 16, 2004 10:07 AM