Jack Mehoff
03-02-2004, 09:53 PM
(CNN) -- Mission accomplished.
NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once "soaking wet."
"We have concluded the rocks here were once soaked in liquid water," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University. He's the principal investigator for the science instruments on Opportunity and its twin rover, Spirit.
"The second question we've tried to answer: Were these rocks altered by liquid water? We believe definitively, yes," Squyres said.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/02/mars.findings/index.html
NASA scientists say the Mars rovers have found what they were looking for -- hard evidence that the red planet was once "soaking wet."
"We have concluded the rocks here were once soaked in liquid water," said Steve Squyres of Cornell University. He's the principal investigator for the science instruments on Opportunity and its twin rover, Spirit.
"The second question we've tried to answer: Were these rocks altered by liquid water? We believe definitively, yes," Squyres said.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/03/02/mars.findings/index.html