Curiosity found on Mars confirm the existence of an ancient lake. Studies of the Rover can help you to find imprints for the existence of forms of life.
The adepts of the jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena told that the Curiosity Rover has found evidence of the existence of the lake on the red planet. The apparatus is engaged in the study of soil in the Gale crater. The collected standards, according to reliable information JPL, allow to speak about that on Mars there was a vast lake.
This refutes earlier formulated the doctrine that the reservoirs were underground or existed only in some regions of Mars. In addition, scientists believe that the planet's air was able to maintain the temperature above zero degrees.
The results of the researchers received after researching the breed of mount sharp. It was found that it consists of various layers, some of which were formed by water and wind over millions of years. This suggests that 3.8 billion years ago, mount sharp on the red planet was not, and in its place was a large lake or a network of reservoirs.
The Rover several times used drilling rig for obtaining samples of earth. "The higher will be the Curiosity, the more experiments we will be able to deliver and to understand what configuration occurred in these lakes. Probably, new experiments will present hope to find imprints for the existence of life forms on Mars" - quoted by TASS, the adepts of the jet propulsion Laboratory.
As wrote earlier Days.Roux, American Curiosity Rover fell into the volcano Gale and is preparing to commence drilling in the crater. Mount Aolida with Gale crater - the final mission of the American Rover on the red planet.
On intentionally convened a press conference in Washington, DC, Director of the planetary studies, National Aeronautics and space administration (NASA) Jim Greene stated that the Curiosity reached the main purpose of his own mission on the planet. Mount Aolida is on the ground a huge Gale crater, with a diameter of over 150 km, there is now the Rover.
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