Exploratory robots found evidence of the possibility of life on Mars

According to NASA scientists, they have an important finding in understanding life on Mars thanks to the Spirit exploration robot, one of two American Mars exploration robots.

NASA's Jet Jet Engine Laboratory (JPL), the operator of the exploration robot, said that almost pure silica fragments obtained in May 2007 may have similar forming conditions as pictorial conditions. into the life of the bacteria on the earth. One hypothesis is that silica - the main component of glass - is formed from a hot spring. Another assumption is that it comes from a crater in the crater when acid flows flow through cracks in the surface of Mars. Both types of environments are the basis for forming a widespread microbial life on earth.

Steve Squyres, one of the scientists responsible for directing the Mars study of two exploration robots, said: ' Whatever the formation conditions of the silica rock piece, this is the most important finding of Spirit about the possibility of Mars also had an area of ​​life. The specimen was studied in a volcanic hypothesis like some places in Hawaii and Iceland . '

Opportunity, the remaining exploration robot is exploring a half-circle Spirit-like area. The mission of this robot is to look for signs of the wet environment that once appeared on Mars. Scientists believe that millions of years ago, the Red planet had transformed from a humid planet to a barren land like today.

The two probe robots were launched on Mars in January 2004 and are welcome for the third Mars winter. This makes exploration more difficult, especially with the Spirit robot because the solar panels are covered with dust.

John Callas, another JPL scientist, said that this winter Spirit's energy collector had been more dusty than last year and it was likely that Spirit would have to stop working longer because the energy gained was much lower. . Last winter, Spirit had to stop working for 7 months.

Photo of the Spirit exploration robot and Mars surface. (Photo: AFP)