Nasa's Curiosity rover analyzed its first scoop on Mars, and found water molecules in "higher than anticipated" quantities, according to an announcement from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory today.
Initial readings found that levels of radiation are about the same astronauts typically experience in the low-Earth orbit.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepared for a lot of variables when it sent Curiosity, the car sized rover, to Mars, but it didn't prepare for it to become a tween-aged girl on Myspace.
Shiny objects found on the surface of Mars may, in fact, be native to the planet. Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory team sent commands to the Mars Curiosity Rover today to pick up a bit of the reflective stuff and, if all goes well, perform its first analysis of the landscape since landing.
The Mars Curiosity rover isn't just a bad-ass robot scientist roaming the badlands of Mars. It's also a jukebox. The rover transmitted Black Eyed Peas singer Will.I.Am's latest song "Reach for the Stars." Tacky? Maybe, but it's a song from Mars.