Has Curiosity Made an ‘Earth-Shaking’ Discovery on Mars?

FYI: NASA scientists to reveal what Curiosity has found at American Geophysical Union livestream press conf. 9am PT Mon 12/3 USTREAM TV

Deirdre Kelleghan
Vice Chair IFAS

Sorry to disappoint, this is from the link provided

The next news conference about the NASA Mars rover Curiosity will be held in San Francisco at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Rumors and speculation that there are major new findings from the mission at this early stage are incorrect. The news conference will be an update about first use of the rover's full array of analytical instruments to investigate a drift of sandy soil. One class of substances Curiosity is checking for is organic compounds -- carbon-containing chemicals that can be ingredients for life. At this point in the mission, the instruments on the rover have not detected any definitive evidence of Martian organics.

From www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/...y-life-nasa/1742213/


"No Martians, but NASA's Curiosity rover reports that the first soil sample taken from Mars contains chlorine-laced compounds similar to ones seen on the Red Planet's frozen poles and tantalizing hints of others that could be precursors to life's chemistry."

Close but no prize.