New York Times Post

The article I read on the New York Times website was called "Mars Rover Finding Suggests Once Habitable Enviroment". This article spoke about The Mars Rover, and how its broken wheel helped scientist discover more evidence that Mars was once habitable.Instead of using the pinnacle of scientific technology to find the evidence, it turned out to be a good old- fashioned accident that found it.

After the rover had broken its wheel, it could only go backward, dragging its broken leg behind it. And thanks to this accident, scientists spotted a shiny spot in the trail behind the rover. After scrupulous examination, it was found that the shiny spot was silica. They took divisive action, in a sense, when they broke apart several rocks in order to see if the silica was just superficial. It turns out it was also in the rocks. Can you imagine, real life in this capacious, empty landscape. They didnt need to fabricate any evidence in order to astound the public, they just needed a broken wheel. Almost seems like they connived to do this, doesnt it?

i think this is a very important discovery, because it compounds the idea that there was once life on Mars. And maybe there still is? Who knows? Maybe next time the rover will blow up and discover a city. :)