
In the past month, the laboratory aboard the Phoenix has analyzed two tests taken from the soil of Mars indicate that a component of the surface may be perchlorate, NASA said in a statement, announcing that Tuesday will give a press conference to publicize the recent findings.
The space agency said it has been waiting for complementary results from the laboratory of Phoenix, whose furnaces and scientific instruments can detect vapors arising from the substances contained in the samples soil, so too can smell the perchlorate.
The experimental test results carried out on Sunday, in which samples were analyzed slightly above the ice layer, found "no evidence of this chemical," said NASA. Tests
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The NASA team is also working to rule out any possibility that the evidence containing perchlorate have been contaminated by terrestrial sources which may come from the tube directly or through the instruments of the same.
The ad, which went almost unnoticed, is a cold shower for NASA after last Thursday confirmed the existence of water on Mars.
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