06-08-2008, 05:55 PM
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Joash
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: some where far away.
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Perchlorate Salts
Perchlorate salts are suspected to be present in soils but scientists don't know if its good or bad news!!!
here is NASA's position
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"Finding perchlorates is neither good nor bad for life, but it does make us reassess how we think about life on Mars," said Michael Hecht of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., lead scientist for the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA), the instrument that includes the wet chemistry laboratory.
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read more
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-155
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