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Old 08-05-08, 04:16 PM   #1
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Default Perchlorate found on Mars makes soil less Earthlike

I guess this means no life 'ever' was on Mars, or unlikely.

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Martian soil may be less Earthlike and less hospitable to life than researchers believed.


NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has found traces of perchlorate in two soil samples analyzed during the past month, the space agency announced today. The results appeared to be the same ones rumored this weekend by AviationWeek.com to have been seen by the White House and to reflect Mars's habitability for life....
Read on here - http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-...soi-2008-08-04
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