If the Mars rover finds water, it could be H2 ... uh oh!
Sunday, September 9, 2012 - 19:50
in Astronomy & Space
If Curiosity locates H2O, a simmering NASA controversy will boil over. The rover's drill bits may be tainted with Earth microbes that could survive upon touching water. For all the hopes NASA has pinned on the rover it deposited on Mars last month, one wish has gone unspoken: Please don't find water.