![]() ![]() The ship discovered by SG-1 contained a device that enabled it to travel through time, and SG-1 concluded that an Ancient had used the ship to travel through time and to leave a written record of the planet's history on the walls of the temple. It is also equipped with cloaking technology that can be engaged both in flight and at rest, and which can be activated by a remote control device. The ship uses a crystal power source and has inertial dampeners that completely eliminate the effect of G forces. A dialing panel of stargate glyphs on the control console functions much like a DHD, and the wing-like engine pods which extend during flight can be retracted to allow the ship to fit through the gate. But how these complex chemicals formed in the Martian meteorite RBT 04262, which was discovered in Antarctica in 2004, is still unclear.On a mission to evacuate Maybourne from the planet on which he had settled, SG-1 discovered a small spacecraft of Ancient design, what had come to be known by the Atlantis expedition as a "puddle jumper." The ship had been designed to be used in conjunction with the stargate. Researchers haven't found amino acids on Mars yet, but they have found these molecules in meteorites, including one from the Red Planet. "It turns out that the addition of silicates, and particularly silicates with perchlorates, greatly increases the destruction rates of amino acids." "Our work is the first comprehensive study where the destruction (radiolysis) of a broad range of amino acids was studied under a variety of Mars-relevant factors (temperature, water content, perchlorate abundance) and the rates of radiolysis were compared," Pavlov said. All of the samples were exposed to highly energetic gamma-rays to simulate cosmic-ray exposure that rocks on the Martian surface would have experienced around 80 million years ago. While some of these samples were kept at temperatures similar to those on the surface of Mars, others were chilled to minus 67 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 55 degrees Celsius). To test how effective our current search is, the team of scientists mixed several types of amino acids in silica, hydrated silica, or silica and perchlorate to simulate conditions in Martian soil, and then sealed the samples in test tubes under vacuum conditions to simulate the thin Martian air. That means the search for life on Mars involves looking for the signs of ancient biological activity in Martian rocks via indicators such as amino acids. Radiation from the sun can also strip away a planet's atmosphere , a key factor in its ability to hold on to liquid water.īillions of years ago, Mars lost its magnetic field, its atmosphere and, eventually, a great deal of its life-sustaining liquid water. These charged particles can degrade or destroy organic molecules when they penetrate yards of solid rock, ionizing and destroying everything in their path. The magnetosphere protects Earth's atmosphere from the solar wind (charged particles from the sun) and fragments of other stars ( cosmic rays) by causing them to travel down magnetic-field lines and out behind Earth, similar to how a boat creates a bow shock as it travels through water. One of the major reasons Earth is more hospitable to life than Mars is that a strong magnetic field, the magnetosphere, surrounds our planet. ![]()
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