Voice of America: Martian Soil Sample Reveals No Organic Compounds

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Martian Soil Sample Reveals No Organic Compounds Dec 3rd 2012, 19:54 Despite speculation that NASA was set to announce big findings from the Curiosity rover's first analysis of Martian soil, the agency revealed Monday that an initial analysis found no organic material. "We have no definitive detection of Martian organics at this point, but we will keep looking in the diverse environments of Gale Crater," said SAM Principal Investigator Paul Mahaffy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Organic compounds are widely considered ... Media files: 5A27F76B-E42A-43E6-91D3-26B95898070A_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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