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\"mars<\/p>\n

The NASA equivalent of duct tape<\/a> could complicate the search for life on Mars.<\/p>\n

Astrobiologists found evidence for plumes of methane flowing from beneath the surface of Mars. Methane – on Earth, principally a byproduct of life – itself might indicate Martian life.<\/p>\n

The next Mars rover, called Mars Science Laboratory or Curiosity, will launch late 2011 and will be equipped with instruments which can detect a single molecule of methane amongst a billion other molecules.<\/p>\n

The problem is that a type of tape<\/a> called kapton tape, used extensively on Curiosity, emits methane when exposed to ultraviolet radiation from the sun.<\/p>\n

NASA scientists hope to counter this misleading methane detection by:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Testing at night when radiation is lower<\/li>\n
  2. Rotating the sensors into the Martian wind<\/li>\n
  3. Modelling in more detail the production of methane from the kapton<\/li>\n
  4. Taking measurements from later in the mission when methane production from kapton is low.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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