Mars robots may have destroyed evidence of life
source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227094.500-mars-robots-may-have-destroyed-evidence-o...
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HAVE Mars landers been destroying signs of life? Instead of identifying chemicals that could point to life, NASA's robot explorers may have been toasting them by mistake.
In 1976, many people's hopes of finding life on Mars collapsed when the twin Viking landers failed to detect even minute quantities of organic compounds - the complex, carbon-containing molecules that are central to life as we know it. "It contributed, in my opinion, to the fact that there were no additional [US lander] missions to Mars for 20 years," says Jeff Moore of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.
In 1976, many people's hopes of finding life on Mars collapsed when the twin Viking landers failed to detect even minute quantities of organic compounds - the complex, carbon-containing molecules that are central to life as we know it. "It contributed, in my opinion, to the fact that there were no additional [US lander] missions to Mars for 20 years," says Jeff Moore of NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California.
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@EileenBonfiglio on twitter says "Reading: "Mars robots may have destroyed evidence of life - space - 25 May 2009 - New Scientist" ( )"
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idealist
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nasa isent as smart as some people give them credit for.. in fact they mess up alot!
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@bpunkprotocol on twitter says "Mars robots may have destroyed evidence of life - space - 25 May 2009 - New Scientist"
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mattbrawn
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I hope they didn't, that's a pretty big eff up...
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Robots mar Mars finds
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