Again, Phoenix examine the content of ice on Mars

The researchers involved in the project vehicle probe the Phoenix Mars Landers in the coming few days will examine the content of ice on the planet Mars.

However, this will likely be the last time in the oven because the numbers of laboratories are increasingly thin. In a report on Friday ago, researchers from the University of Arizona Peter Smith, who is involved in the mission on Mars, said that researchers and engineers trying to find the causes of why there is a short circuit in the TEGA (thermal and evolvedgas analyzer) capable of heating the soil samples to Mars 1,000 degrees Celsius.

“We are handling a very conservative and careful in the next sample, the possibility that we will do this weekend,” he said.

TEGA is a vital tool to find content and composition of organic carbon-based elements that are important in the life of the Red Planet. Scientists believe Mars has the impression primitive life.

In previous research, scientists successfully find any trace of ice at the North Pole of Mars. White slab taken using the robotic arm in the middle of last month when the melt is left for several days.

In addition, the researchers successfully detected a planet is pH content, namely the pH “between” 8 - 9. Sometimes known, the pH of 7 indicates less acid, while the pH above of 7 indicates more alkaline content.