
Frater Heads Mission to Find Life on Mars
ITHACA, New York – NASA’s Spirit mission may hold the key to proving that life on Mars is not just wishful thinking. The patch of silica-rich soil accidentally uncovered by the rover last year had a major impact on the scientific community, who started asking one question: was that a sign that past life on Mars was ever possible?
In a study recently published in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Frater Steven Squyres (Scorpion, Cornell Univ.