Taking Soil Science to Outer Space
Taking Soil Science to Outer Space
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jul 17, 2006
The answer to the question about life on Mars may very well come from analyzing an unsuspecting source: Martian soil, specifically the icy layer of soil underneath the red planet's surface. By analyzing the properties of this frozen layer of Martian soil during NASA's next lander mission, scientists will be able to understand and hypothesize more clearly about life on Mars.
Taking Soil Science to Outer Space