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LongTomH

(8,636 posts) Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:00 PM Jul 2012

The Science of Curiosity: Seeking Signs of Past Mars Habitability

NASA's Mars Curiosity rover, due to land shortly after midnight on Aug 6, won't be looking for current life on Mars. What Curiosity's suite of instruments will be looking for is evidence that Mars could have been habitable in its past.

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The Science of Curiosity: Seeking Signs of Past Mars Habitability (Original Post) LongTomH Jul 2012 OP

Well, they know it was, pretty much Warpy Jul 2012 #1

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Warpy

(111,289 posts)

1. Well, they know it was, pretty much

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 05:22 PM

Jul 2012

since Martian meteorites have been found to contain what looks very much like fossilized bacteria here on Earth.

Whether or not it ever progressed beyond single cell organisms before the planet cooled and lost most of its atmosphere and liquid water is anyone's guess.

MindMover

(5,016 posts)

2. +++++++++++++++++++

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Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:46 PM

Jul 2012

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