Wednesday, October 31, 2012

BBC: Curiosity Mars rover finds soil similar to Hawaii's

Nasa's Curiosity rover has found soil on Mars to be similar to Hawaii's after sifting and scanning its first sample on the Red Planet.

31 October 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20151789


"So far, the materials Curiosity has analysed are consistent with our initial ideas of the deposits in Gale Crater, recording a transition through time from a wet to dry environment," said David Bish, co-investigator on the CheMin experiment.

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