Mars Rock Found In Antarctica 51
lousyd writes "Scientists with with ANSMET, the Antarctic Search for Meteorites, have found a meteorite in the Antarctic that apparently has come from Mars. Weighing in at 715.2 grams, the find has been confirmed by the National Museum of Natural History. The rock is a member of the 'nakhlite' set, and has been named MIL 03346. By having the real thing before them, this offers Mars researchers a reality check on the data coming back from the various probes currently on Mars."
Re:Welll (Score:0, Insightful)
Re:I'm curious... (Score:1, Insightful)
Antarctica really is the best place to look for meteorites. There are huge areas where the only rocks are metoeorites (the rest is snow and ice). I'm sure it's on ANSMET's site some place, but I can't find it. Part of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the Transantarctic Mountaains. As the ice flows up the mountainside it sublimated by strong winds (nasty place). Any rocks in the ice are left just sitting on the surface. The dark rocks stand out well on the blue ice.
Re:Venus rocks not likely (Score:3, Insightful)
The reason Mars rocks get here is because they are intercepted on their way to the sun.
Bzz. Wrong. Launching stuff to a much lower orbit also requires lots of energy. Basically the energy requirement is the same between two orbits, no matter wether you go from a lower to a higher orbit or the other way around. Quite obivious when you think about it, otherwise you could make perpetual motion machine, tapping the energy difference...
Re:I'm curious... (Score:2, Insightful)
It's a great case of a cyclic logic falicy: A agrees with B, therefore B verifies A. It's like saying God exists because the bible says so, and the bible is correct about God's existence since God wrote the bible.
Re:I'm curious... (Score:1, Insightful)
It's funny how people on Slashdot are so sure they know so much more than people who spend their entire lives on a topic. Do you have also have a plan for cleaning the solar panels that you're sure NASA missed?
I also don't know what your comment has to do with the parent comment maybe you clicked in the wrong place? While I'm picking at nits, I'd like to point out that they are Antarctic rocks.