i wonder if it tastes like pennies… Yum! Curiosity Eats Mars Dirt NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has tasted Mars dirt for the first time, dropping a small sample into its onboard chemistry lab. The sample — measuring no bigger than a crushed baby aspirin tablet and sieved to remove any large pieces of debris — was part of the third scoop of material collected from a sandy ridge of material near a location known as “Rock Nest,” a collection of dark rocks that the rover is currently parked next to. It will use the sample to help scientists understand whether or not the Red planet ever could have supported habitats for basic forms of life. get the scoop… as an aside: if you pick up dirt on Earth (and want to be a bit poetic) you can call it earth… what about on another planet? will we someday write, “The astronaut picked up some mars and let it run through his fingers…”

i wonder if it tastes like pennies…

Yum! Curiosity Eats Mars Dirt

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has tasted Mars dirt for the first time, dropping a small sample into its onboard chemistry lab.

The sample — measuring no bigger than a crushed baby aspirin tablet and sieved to remove any large pieces of debris — was part of the third scoop of material collected from a sandy ridge of material near a location known as “Rock Nest,” a collection of dark rocks that the rover is currently parked next to.

It will use the sample to help scientists understand whether or not the Red planet ever could have supported habitats for basic forms of life.

get the scoop…

as an aside: if you pick up dirt on Earth (and want to be a bit poetic) you can call it earth… what about on another planet? will we someday write, “The astronaut picked up some mars and let it run through his fingers…”

Source: news.discovery.com

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