From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 29/12/2025 2:56 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:24:47 +0000, brian    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> In message , john larkin   
   >>  writes   
   >>> Astronauts who've handled Martian   
   >>> soil samples report it smells like spent gunpowder or hot metal, but   
   >>> the pervasive smell on the planet would be dominated by sulfur.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Why does it need astronauts to do that ?   
   >   
   > That's obviously google AI stupidity. Nobody has been to Mars and no   
   > samples have been returned.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_sample-return_mission   
      
   > But it's probably stinky. And deadly.   
      
   John's not entirely correct. There are meteorites that have fallen to   
   earth that seem to have been kicked off Mars. While they were falling   
   through the earth's atmosphere that would have gotten hot enough to make   
   sure that they were neither stinky or deadly.   
      
   Samples have been examined by the Mars rovers, but not in any great detail.   
      
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   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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