The NASA Phoenix Mars Lander is currently searching for the history of water on Mars, as well as any habitable areas, history of life, etc.
However, unanticipated problems have occurred ~ including dirt covering the instrument bay but something more sinister appears to be afoot.
Images clearly show soil samples covering the entrance to the oven before all communication went dead with the Phoenix lander.
Martian soil frustrates Phoenix http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7442233.stm
Scientists working on Nasa's Phoenix lander are trying to work out why soil samples dropped onto an instrument bay were not registered.
Images sent back from Mars clearly showing clumps of dirt lying across a screen protecting the opening to a tiny oven ~ but the big question is how did they get there ?
But it seems the soil may have been too lumpy to pass through into the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer ~ but it also appears as if they were thrown at the Phoenix Lander !
Scientists and engineers on the Phoenix mission team are now working through ideas on what to do next ~ but today stunning new developments are being reported by Leonard David, Senior Space Writer .
In a stunning press conference held today, NASA had promised to make a significant announcement regarding findings from the Phoenix Lander, and for once, NASA did not disappoint.
Details surrounding the announcement have been sketchy as sources remained tight-lipped, however most space enthusiasts assumed that scientists were about to reveal definitive proof of the existence of water on the surface of Mars.
At 2 p.m. EST today, a spokesperson for NASA, did indeed confirm the presence of water on Mars as most expected he would, however he also revealed the presence of life...something scientists and science fiction writers have been hoping to find for the past several decades. Unfortunately, NASA also announced that the life they found was hostile, and had been provoked to take action against the Earth by the actions of the Phoenix Lander .
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