A new experiment similar to a pregnancy test but designed to search for signs of life on Mars is now exposed to the vacuum of space above Earth.It's a lab-on-a-chip style experiment to pick up traces of compounds necessary for life. As to why it is orbiting Earth, where we are fairly confident of the presence of life, rather than any other planet in the solar system, where that question is still up in the air--the scientists want to make sure that space won't barbecue the cosmic EPT en route. No word yet on how they intend to get an entire planet to pee on a stick.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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Mars "Pregnancy Test" Orbits Earth
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It could be that they envisage some other interface than peeing on a stick, though an interesting picture that evokes.
Nimrod
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