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Article: Alkaline Soil Sample From Mars Reveals Presence of Nutrients for Plants to Grow - NYTimes.com
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- June 27, 2008
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Stick an asparagus plant in a pot full of Martian soil, and the asparagus might grow happily, scientists announced Thursday. An experiment on the Phoenix Mars lander showed the dirt on the planet's northern arctic plains to be alkaline, though not strongly alkaline, and full of the mineral nutrients that a plant would need."We basically have found what appears to be the requirements, the nutrients, to support life whether past, present or future," said Samuel P. Kounaves of Tufts University, who is leading the chemical analysis, during a telephone news conference on Thursday. "The sort of soil you have there is the type of soil you'd probably have in your backyard."Mars today is cold ...
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Article: Martian soil may be harmful to life: scientists.(FRONT)
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);
August 5, 2008 ;
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......spacecraft has found a substance in the Martian soil that might be detrimental to possible life. If confirmed, it could mean the soil may not be as friendly as once thought. Scientists previously reported that the soil where Phoenix landed in May was Earth...
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