SCIENTISTS FIND NEW CLUE TO LIFE ON MARS, it could be a breakthrough in the search for extraterrestrial life

Mario Nawfal

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SCIENTISTS FIND NEW CLUE TO LIFE ON MARS

Scientists have detected ancient microbial fossils in Algerian gypsum, using a method that could identify biosignatures on Mars.

The study, inspired by the Messinian Salinity Crisis, shows that gypsum can preserve signs of life, offering a key analog for Martian sulfate deposits.

If Mars’ gypsum contains similar biosignatures, it could be a breakthrough in the search for extraterrestrial life.

Source: Jerusalem Post

Mario Nawfal

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ELON: SPACEX’S MISSION IS TO ESTABLISH A MARS CITY AS QUICKLY AS FEASIBLE

“[Starship development] is a rapidly changing situation.

Think of it like a guided missile: A guided missile is going in the wrong direction at any given point in time, but it course-corrects.

You don’t want to be a super precise cannonball when you don’t even know where the target is.

The overarching optimization [at SpaceX] is what is the fastest time to a city on Mars, with the subsets: fastest time to a fully reusable rocket and fastest time to orbit.

All of the initial [Starship] production is simply a learning exercise.

None of the initial ones will be long-term.

So it’s really just a question of what knowledge can you learn in the shortest period of time.”

Source:
@Erdayastronaut