06-24-2019, 11:07 PM
Cross-posted from the old board:
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_coff...t2390.html
Curiosity is a rover operated by NASA, sent to Mars in order to investigate the Martian geology (for signs of past life or future habitability by humans). It arrived on Mars in August 2012, and it was originally supposed to operate until 2014; however, as of 2019, it's still going strong . You'll see in the thread on the old board that we covered it quite a bit between 2012-13 (with one final post in 2018); however, since it's still doing useful and interesting science, I thought I'd cross-post that thread onto here and get it going again .
Apparently, the rover recently found a large concentration of methane. This is particularly intriguing, because this gas is produced in large quantities by life on Earth:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48743551
This doesn't prove the existence of life on Mars, since methane can also be produced by non-organic processes; however, I'd be interested to learn more!
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_coff...t2390.html
Curiosity is a rover operated by NASA, sent to Mars in order to investigate the Martian geology (for signs of past life or future habitability by humans). It arrived on Mars in August 2012, and it was originally supposed to operate until 2014; however, as of 2019, it's still going strong . You'll see in the thread on the old board that we covered it quite a bit between 2012-13 (with one final post in 2018); however, since it's still doing useful and interesting science, I thought I'd cross-post that thread onto here and get it going again .
Apparently, the rover recently found a large concentration of methane. This is particularly intriguing, because this gas is produced in large quantities by life on Earth:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48743551
This doesn't prove the existence of life on Mars, since methane can also be produced by non-organic processes; however, I'd be interested to learn more!
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