From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 29/12/2025 3:17 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   As the wikipedia page points out, the trace element profiles match those   
   seen by the Mars rover.   
      
   It's be better founded theory than you want to acknowledge, probably   
   because you haven't got a clue about the science that backs it up.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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