Mars could grow plants? How long with planet Earth?
Mars could grow asparagus? How long will planet Earth continue to support life?
Phoenix Returns Treasure Trove for Science
06.26.08. — NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander performed it’s first wet chemistry experiment on Martian soil flawlessly yesterday, returning a wealth of data that for Phoenix scientists was like winning the lottery.
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Martian dirt is apparently good enough for asparagus to grow in, NASA scientists said Thursday, as they announced the results of a soil analysis collected by the US Phoenix Mars lander.
Yes, good news in deed, for those that support NASA’s efforts to explore Mars and other planets. I’m not saying that I’m completely against this type of exploration and it’s associated expense. I do believe however, that we need to increase the effort on planet earth, to clean-up our greenhouse gas emissions and pollution. If we don’t reverse our present trend very quickly, none of this may make any difference.
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If you ask me, Mars surely has to be the most amazing planet orbiting our Sun. While all the robotic probes are very important, there needs to be human hands on Mars to get any benefit as to the existence of living organisms on the planet, since it is most likely to exist far under the ground. With a manned mission to Mars, we could have entire laboratories to sufficiently analyze the samples – something we cannot accomplish at all with robots and a scantily equipped payload. I only hope The Mars Society can have their voices heard soon.