Everybody Chill, NASA Says: No Martian Organics Found

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Relax everyone. There are no little green men or even a hint of organics on Mars… not yet, anyway.

“Everybody, chill,” Tweeted the Curiosity rover today. “After careful analysis, there are no Martian organics in recent samples.”

Rumor and speculation abounded (and yes, we admit being part of that) after an interview with Mars Science Laboratory scientist John Grotzinger indicated something “earth-shaking” could be announced soon. “This data is gonna be one for the history books. It’s looking really good,” Grotzinger was quoted by NPR.

Over a week later, NASA finally issued a statement that “speculation that there are major new findings from the mission at this early stage are incorrect,” and said that a news conference from the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) on Monday, December 3 will be an update about first use of the rover’s full array of analytical instruments to investigate a drift of sandy soil.


Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/98717/everybody-chill-nasa-says-no-martian-organics-found/

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1. Dang.

I would so love to hear that Martians were found!!

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2. I was really hoping to find Marvin

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3. LOL

took the words right out of my mouth!

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4. NASA really needs to improve their PR. nt

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5. Is anyone surprised?

Next time they should say what they found right away before someone tells them to keep quiet.

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6. Funny things happen when usually cautious scientists are interviewed.

Glenn Seaborg announced the discovery of two new man-made elements on the TV show "Quiz Kids" in response to a question from one of the kids; he was due to make the official announcement just a couple of weeks later at an ACS meeting.