Thursday, March 6, 2008
Once-habitable lake found on Mars
New spacecraft images reveal that a lake that might once have been habitable may have filled a crater for a long time on early Mars. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the images that suggest the debris-strewn Holden Crater once held a calm body of water that could have harbored life. However, there is no convincing evidence that life does or ever existed on Mars. With this new information, the Holden Crater is one of six landing sites under consideration for the next mission to Mars.
Full article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19934328/
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