NASA hasn't found life on Mars yet, but the latest discovery is intriguing
arstechnica.com
arstechnica.com
> The discovery provides some wind in the sails for NASA's flagging efforts to devise and fly a Mars Sample Return mission. The agency's most recent plan, costing $11 billion, was determined to be too expensive. Now, the space agency is asking the industry for help. In June it commissioned 10 studies on alternative means of returning rocks from Mars sooner, and presumably for a lower cost.
> Now, scientists can point to rocks like Chevaya Falls and say this is precisely why they must be studied in ultra-capable labs back on Earth.
Do they have any more sample tubes left on the rover to use for this rock?