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NASA just scored a badly needed win: The best potential evidence of alien life yet
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They go on to say that the confidence in biosignature detection could be elevated significantly if the rock were brought back to Earth for closer study. And, it's implied that doing so would be a worthwhile endeavor.
Thank you for the highlights. This is an exciting discovery!
Also, it will be returned to earth. All the perseverance samples will eventually be returned in a later mission.
Has the money actually already been allocated though? Because nothing's final until it's launched.
Nasa had a perfectly good moon buggy that they've had to scrap for no good reason, so just because it's on the cards doesn't mean it'll definitely happen.
Well, that's unfortunately true... The good news is that there's no time limit. The samples can wait as long as they have to. I doubt we'll just forget about them.
Also good, the rover is sitting on Mars, the bean counters can't disassemble it there.