-------------------------------------------------- From: "Ahrvid Engholm" <ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 7:53 AM To: <skriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [SKRIVA] Har man funnit spår av MARSLIV? > Nätet kokar just nu av rykten. Folket som styr marsrovern Curiosity > aviserar att de inom kort kommer att göra ett "Earthshaking" avslöjande om > vad marsrovern hittat! > > http://www.businessinsider.com/mars-rover-curiosity-major-discovery-2012-11 > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/mars-rover-curiosity-discovery_n_2167207.html > > "NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery "for the > history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to learn what the > new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest. The discovery was made > by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrumenr, > NPR reported today (Nov. 20). SAM is the rover's onboard chemistry lab, > and it's capable of identifying organic compounds - the > carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it. SAM > apparently spotted something interesting in a soil sample Curiosity's > huge robotic arm delivered to the instrument recently. "This data is > gonna be one for the history books," Curiosity chief scientist John > Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena,told NPR. "It's looking really good." > The rover team won't be ready to announce just what SAM found for > several weeks, NPR reported, as scientists want to check and > double-check the results. Indeed, Grotzinger confirmed to SPACE.com that > the news will come out at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical > Union, which takes place Dec. 3-7 in San Francisco." > --Ahrvid > he scientists in charge of NASA's Curiosity rover are sitting on some > exciting, but not-yet-confirmed news, NPR's Joe Palca reports. > The major discovery involves the biggest instrument on the Mars rover > called the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM. > > Read more: > http://www.businessinsider.com/mars-rover-curiosity-major-discovery-2012-11#ixzz2Cpz9qqkh > > > Read more: > http://www.businessinsider.com/mars-rover-curiosity-major-discovery-2012-11#ixzz2Cpz2Hw2J > The scientists in charge of NASA's Curiosity rover are sitting on some > exciting, but not-yet-confirmed news, NPR's Joe Palca reports. > The major discovery involves the biggest instrument on the Mars rover > called the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM. > The purpose of SAM is to determine what minerals and chemicals are in > the sand, rocks and atmosphere of Mars by collecting and processing > samples. > SAM ingested its first soil sample from a wind-blown patch of sand > known as "Rocknest" on Nov. 9. Apparently, the results are very cool, > and we guess, might provide some indication as to whether Mars was ever > able to support life > > Read more: > http://www.businessinsider.com/mars-rover-curiosity-major-discovery-2012-11#ixzz2Cpz2Hw2J > The scientists in charge of NASA's Curiosity rover are sitting on some > exciting, but not-yet-confirmed news, NPR's Joe Palca reports. > The major discovery involves the biggest instrument on the Mars rover > called the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM. > The purpose of SAM is to determine what minerals and chemicals are in > the sand, rocks and atmosphere of Mars by collecting and processing > samples. > SAM ingested its first soil sample from a wind-blown patch of sand > known as "Rocknest" on Nov. 9. Apparently, the results are very cool, > and we guess, might provide some indication as to whether Mars was ever > able to support life > > Read more: > http://www.businessinsider.com/mars-rover-curiosity-major-discovery-2012-11#ixzz2Cpz2Hw2J > -- > ahrvid@xxxxxxxxxxx / Be an @SFJournalen Twitter Follower for all the > latest news in short form! / Gå med i SKRIVA - för författande, sf, > fantasy, kultur (skriva-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, subj: subscribe) info > www.skriva.bravewriting.com / Om Ahrvids novellsamling Mord på månen: > www.zenzat.se/zzfaktasi.html C Fuglesang: "stor förnöjelse...jättebra > historier i mycket sannolik framtidsmiljö"! Nu som ljudbok: > http://elib.se/ebook_detail.asp?id_type=ISBN&id'86081462 / Läs även AE i > nya Vildsint Skymningslandet, årets mest spännande antologi - finns bl a > på SF-Bokhandeln! - och nya E-antologin Skottdagen, > http://www.elib.se/ebook_detail.asp?id_type=ISBN&id'86081454 / YXSKAFTBUD, > GE VÅR WCZONMÖ IQ-HJÄLP! (DN NoN 00.02.07) > > > > ----- > SKRIVA - sf, fantasy och skräck * Äldsta svenska skrivarlistan > grundad 1997 * Info http://www.skriva.bravewriting.com eller skriva- > request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx för listkommandon (ex subject: subscribe). > > ----- SKRIVA - sf, fantasy och skräck * Äldsta svenska skrivarlistan grundad 1997 * Info http://www.skriva.bravewriting.com eller skriva- request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx för listkommandon (ex subject: subscribe).