Curiosity Rover Thread

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/10/world/mars-nasa-curiosity-rover-ancient-waters-scn/index.html

On phone so I can't find the original Curiosity thread - but for those interested, the ripples were found unexpectedly as the Rover is headed up Mt. Sharp. 

Edited March 21, 2023 by JoeSchmuckatelli

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

Been thinking about this one.

The ripples in mud turned to stone.  Typically this happens when sedimentary deposits are covered over by other layers and given enough pressure and time become stone.

But I'm wondering if you simply let the mud dry, and then given enough time and radiation and a lack of disturbance that the soft material can become stone without having to be buried.  This could work if Mars' thin atmosphere works to allow the surface water to boil off, but subsurface aquifers still exist - and then after a meteor strike the aquifers leak onto the surface creating short lived lakes - and possibly even seas.  Given this scenario, it's unlikely surface life (beyond simple microbes) ever existed on Mars.

[Gargamel]

14 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said:

Curiosity thread

I guess we don’t have a master thread…. Huh.    Well, I don’t see the need for a new one unless we just tack any updates here.  

Edited February 13, 2023 by Gargamel

[tater]

 

[tater]

@JoeSchmuckatelli maybe you should rename this as the generic Curiosity thread?

[JoeSchmuckatelli]

2 minutes ago, tater said:

maybe you should rename this

Done!

[darthgently]

Nice 360 pan with sound

 

 

Oops, meant for Curiosity thread, reported so can be moved

Edited May 7 by darthgently

[AckSed]

Curiosity found pure sulfur - by running over it: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/curiosty_rover_sulfur/

 

[kerbiloid]

Which is produced by any volcano in amounts, not by life.