Nutrients found in Martian soil... - RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion

Matt700wlw · 06-27-2008, 04:41 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/sc...=1&oref=slogin

Cool!!

SunDeck · 06-27-2008, 05:03 PM

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“The sort of soil you have there is the type of soil you’d probably have in your backyard.”

<soil science geek>Hold on there, doc. You're forgetting that the soil in our back yards is teaming with organic matter, which the martian soil most assuredly is not.</soil science geek>

Sea Ray · 06-27-2008, 06:01 PM

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The oven experiment also found carbon dioxide vapors, not surprising because the planet’s thin atmosphere is primarily carbon dioxide.

Gee, you'd think Mars would be a very warm place due to all that global warming...

durl · 06-27-2008, 10:17 PM

Hold it. An experiment found carbon dioxide vapors on a planet that has an atmosphere comprised largely of carbon dioxide? That's a front-page story right there.

We've known for quite some time that CO2 levels have been increasing on Mars. (It's all the manufacturing and SUVs...)

MrCinatit · 06-28-2008, 06:29 AM

Ah, but does the Mars soil have more nutrients than a Snickers bar?
I thought not.

GAC · 06-30-2008, 07:50 AM

Did the soil have any trans fats?

06-27-2008, 04:41 PM	#1
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06-27-2008, 10:17 PM	#4
durl Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nashvull Posts: 1,743	Re: Nutrients found in Martian soil... Hold it. An experiment found carbon dioxide vapors on a planet that has an atmosphere comprised largely of carbon dioxide? That's a front-page story right there. We've known for quite some time that CO2 levels have been increasing on Mars. (It's all the manufacturing and SUVs...)

06-28-2008, 06:29 AM	#5
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06-30-2008, 07:50 AM	#6
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