September 26, 2013

Water for future Mars astronauts?



Within its first three months on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity Rover saw a surprising diversity of soils and sediments along a half-kilometer route that tell a complex story about the gradual desiccation of the Red Planet.

Diversity of Martian soils leaves Los Alamos scientists thirsty for more

Perhaps most notable among findings from the ChemCam team is that all of the dust and fine soil contains small amounts of water.