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Originally Posted by Nehkara
Thanks Troutman!
I know, I love this stuff too. I try to watch the shuttle launches if I can (otherwise I see them on youtube). This is going to be cool.
I really hope the landing is successful and the lander is intact and functional. NASA has done some great work on Mars with the rovers and I hope they can continue that with Phoenix.
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This might be the mission to prove their was/is life on Mars.
Phoenix is equipped with a robotic arm that can dig down and scoop up some of that ice and dirt, to look for organic chemical evidence that life once existed there, or even still exists now.
"We are not going to be able to answer the final question of 'is there life on Mars,' " said Smith. "We will take the next important step. We'll find out if there's organic material associated with this ice in the polar regions. Ice is a preserver and if there ever were organics on Mars and they got into that ice they will still be there today."