To confirm a biological origin of any methane requires knowing isotope ratios, but is @MarsCuriosity able to?https://twitter.com/kchangnyt/status/1142450666746654720 …
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@kchangnyt Earth life uses more Carbon-12 than Carbon-13, can Curiosity distinguish methane types,@DownHereOnEarth ?Show this thread
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isn’t it almost scandalous they failed to put that experiment on the rover? Fear of failure?
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There’s always cost/benefit trade offs for what instruments you put on a spacecraft. Too much complexity and the chances are higher of something breaking.
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