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American rover “Curiosity” is equipped with a real onboard the laboratory. Among the many tools available to the rover, there is a special chemical designed to label organic molecules in samples. And despite the fact that no one in currently not looking for traces of organics on Mars, NASA experts quite by chance I managed to find them.
Bulky Named Substance n-methyl-n-tert-butyldimethylsilyl trifluoroacetamide for labeling of organic compounds, accidentally leaked into the device for soil analysis. This annoying oversight eventually brought Americans a new discovery, because the marker has fulfilled its mission and revealed on the Red Planet the presence of organic molecules. Danny Glavin, Curiosity Mission Leader, said that at the moment he is trying to find out with his colleagues what is the nature of organic molecules in the soil of Mars. If their the origin will be biological, it should become real sensation in the scientific world.
It is worth recalling that three years ago, Americans already claimed that they found organics on the Red Planet, but this The statement has caused much controversy because evidence NASA then provided a very indirect. Unfortunately, the rover Curiosity is unlikely to have the necessary skills to thoroughly studies of the samples obtained, so far mankind again will remain without a clear answer. But on Mars there were oceans, in whose organic life is most saturated.
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