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Phoenix Landed on Mars

Posted: May 25, 2008 Sun 04:13 pm     Views: 162    Interacts: 0

The landing of Phoenix probe on Mars is a great relief as I was fearing a Beagle-like problem to this probe as there're many uncertainties in the intial stages of Phoenix entering the Mars atmosphere.

Morever this Phoenix probe is fundamentally faulty as there's no robot or a rover to wonder around places nearyby to make investigations. The 'physical' examination of the soil/permafrost beyond the arm-length of the robot-on-board
is not possible now and there's no way out now. :(
The BIGGEST ambition of finding life on Mars was attempted with very limited means. This is the in-bulit disability of this probe.

Nevertheless, what comes out of this probe weighs on our minds. Iff the probe finds microbial life - even in extinct form - would validate the theories of Evolution on hospitable planets. If the outcome is negative still there would be future probes to investigate the life on Mars.

It's my childhood dream come true that we're at the threshold of finding something revolutionary in our human history.



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