NASA's Perseverance rover finds preserved organic matter on Mars (gizmodo.com)

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Note: Organic matter does not mean life. It is a precursor to life. It does make the possibility of life on ancient Mars more likely.

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[-] GummySquirrel@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

Itll be interesting to see the results once the samples are brought back next decade. I hope we can make mars a "national park" so we don't screw with it too much.

[-] FlyingSquid@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I hope we can make mars a “national park” so we don’t screw with it too much.

Unfortunately, I think it's much more likely that we will exploit it for any resources we can.

[-] GummySquirrel@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

😩 even just watching the rover dump samples on mars surface fills me with frustration. Where humanity goes, there shall be rubbish

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