Mars less likely to harbor life

Article Posted on : - Aug 05, 2008

WASHINGTON (BNS):Within the last month, two samples have been analyzed by the Wet Chemistry Lab of the spacecraft's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA, suggesting one of the soil constituents may be perchlorate, a highly oxidizing substance, according to NASA.

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