From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:08:19 +1100, Bill Sloman    
   wrote:   
      
   >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.   
      
   "Seem to" !   
      
   The theory is good for selling museum tickets.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
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