The rover has struck water. Kind of.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...ars-soil-water
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Water has been discovered in the fine-grained soil on the surface of Mars, which could be a useful resource for future human missions to the red planet, according to measurements made by Nasa's Curiosity rover.Each cubic foot of Martian soil contains around two pints of liquid water, though the molecules are not freely accessible, but rather bound to other minerals in the soil.
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Paper below:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6153/1475