NASA admits hiding 'really good' news from Martian soil It appears the Curiosity rover on Mars has had some exciting news, but NASA controllers have said that they're keeping quiet about it until the facts have been checked. "This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's looking really good," John Grotzinger, principal investigator for Curiosity told NPR. According to …
Yup, think the article's oversimplified it. Curiosity isn't designed to detect life directly, only the elements required for life (as we understand it), "organic" compounds and biosignatures (or evidence life existed).
Although if a ma-hoooo-sive spider crawled across the ground where a camera was pointing, they could probably claim that one
... after plotting the graph of n^2 + 9 + 9, arriving at an unusual shape, a uniformly curved line which somehow joins up with itself that science has yet to find a name for.
Can you think of a name for it? If you can, the Royal Mathematics Society would like to hear from you. Because they hold a competition each year to find a name for this figure. The final takes place in Nottingham on April the 4th of September. And you could win your school this computerised toast system. So, good luck!
Announced next month they say? Wouldn't happen to be on the 21st December would it? (Hey someone had to do say it) ;)
We have discovered life on a another planet, The written word is a lie, The"Book" is wrong, Mass riots on Earth take place which leads to Armageddon.
Wow can't wait ,Sounds exciting. heh
I thought the other 2 rovers and the phoenix lander had already chalked those up for themselves?
Anyhow well done to the NASA team for the work the rover is giving the science community and hope the news is really interesting to all - and not just a geologist wetting his pants over some metamorphic rock formation which may or may not point to yet more evidence that mars was once wet (or at the very least slightly damp to the touch)
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