Submission + - New Aussie technology may help find life on Mars (idg.com.au)
StonyandCher writes: "The CSIRO's leading exploration and mining scientist, Dr Brent McInnes, has just completed work with the team at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre to collaborate on the Alphachron development — an exploration technology currently employed by the Australian minerals industry — which could help the Nasa team ascertain if there was Life on Mars.The scientist spoke to Australian PC World saying, the highest priority is to understand when liquid water was present on Mars. "The same minerals that can be found in WA — and in Australia as a whole — can also be found on Mars," McInnes said. Accordingly, by using the Alphachron to date minerals on Mars and thus tell when liquid water may have been present, it can be inferred when life may have been sustainable near the surface of the planet."
