http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/nasas-next-small-step-may-be-into-martian-manure/2008/08/04/1217701947632.htmlNASA's next small step may be into Martian manure
HAVE they found poo on the Red Planet?
Space websites around the world are abuzz with speculation about what NASA's latest Mars probe may have found.
The excitement has been triggered by a report in the journal Aviation Week that the space agency alerted the White House to "major new Phoenix lander discoveries concerning the 'potential for life' ".
n June NASA revealed the instrument had found Martian soil was not toxic, as had been thought, and could be used to grow crops such as asparagus.