So why did they say the Viking results were like hydrogen peroxide?

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So why did they say the Viking results were like hydrogen peroxide?

Socrates II — 6/27/2008 4:16:56 AM (archived)

Is it because things are different near the poles as opposed to the equator?

Did Mars Pathfinder's Sojourner have any comparable surface results?

Is this good new for future colonists who want to use the surface material
for growing plants in their hot houses for food?

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Martian soil is dry, mildly salty, and... - alcaray - 6/26/2008 11:13:06 PM
- The pH level is between 8 and 9; very alkaline martian soil. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:25:56 PM
  - Instead of the adjective, "very", the adjective, "evidently", wiould do better. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:50:31 PM
- Mmmm... Aparagus... - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2008 3:09:59 AM
  - re: Mmmm... Aparagus... - pb - 6/27/2008 5:55:28 AM
    - "Damn frustrating that we could not send six Phoenix landers in stead of one." - Buck Galaxy - 6/29/2008 10:10:36 PM
      - Solar panels work fine, in the summer - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2008 12:47:18 AM
- Oxidizers - dtb - 6/27/2008 1:40:11 AM
  - Don't know but there may be big differences between polar locations and equatorial ones (where the Vikings went). (n/t) - alcaray - 6/27/2008 3:20:33 AM
- Martian Asparagus - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2008 12:29:12 AM
  - Asparagus?...I think green beans would do better...It would also explain the martian methane detection. ;-) (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:48:02 PM
    - Martha Stewart s..."LIVING" on MARS - carl - 6/27/2008 3:35:18 PM
      - Are you starting a collection to get her there? (n/t) - nick hoffman - 6/28/2008 9:55:34 AM
      - It's a GOOD thing! (n/t) - ER - 6/27/2008 4:55:58 PM
      - LOL!!! (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 4:14:40 PM
  - Now we know what the Spiders eat (n/t) - pb - 6/27/2008 3:22:15 AM
  - Think of how tall it could grow. And magic beans, maybe. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/27/2008 2:29:09 AM
  - Asparagus from MARS!!!! - pb - 6/27/2008 1:45:59 AM
    - [snort!] (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 4:39:54 AM
      - Is that a 'White Mars' joke? - pb - 6/27/2008 5:28:57 AM
        
        [groan] (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 2:36:59 PM
        
        Why so grumpy lately? (n/t) - pb - 6/27/2008 6:25:49 PM
        
        No no no, I'm Sneezy (n/t) - Robert - 6/27/2008 7:19:11 PM
        
        Dwarfed by comparison - pb - 6/28/2008 2:16:36 AM
        
        'sept you left out a few.... (n/t) - Bashful - 6/28/2008 6:16:47 PM
    - lol (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 6/27/2008 4:25:12 AM
- A question. - Bowser - 6/26/2008 11:36:31 PM
  - Mars DOES have geological processes... - Nick Hoffman - 6/27/2008 2:08:15 AM
    - The first high-temp TEGA results indicate trace hydrated minerals present. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/27/2008 1:51:26 PM
    - So why did they say the Viking results were like hydrogen peroxide? - Socrates II - 6/27/2008 4:16:56 AM
      - Alkaline reaction could be trace of superoxide in this lithosol - bruced - 6/29/2008 7:41:08 AM
        
        regolith is the generally accepted term for 'soils"on a planet/moon - Nick Hoffman - 6/30/2008 12:48:48 AM
      - Super Oxidisers or otherwise... - Adam Crowl - 6/27/2008 10:36:21 PM

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