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Navtej Kohli always excited to know studies and discoveries about Universe and other planet . Yet another milestone made by NASA to sent Phoenix lander to mars and gives various clues and sign of life and mars .Navtej kohli expecting that in future man will make a dynasty on MARS .
On August 1 2008 , yet another millstone, made by NASA by announcing that , Phoenix lander which was sent two months ago to Mars studied soil samples on Mars and sent thousands on Mars images . Nasa mission is about to discover life in Mars and whether or not Martian arctic support life.

NASA Phoenix Mars Lander robotic arms examined samples and  noticed that water vapors produced while heating.

         NASA announced that it had fund promising sign of life , Landers arm arm has revealed white matter that looks and acts like frozen water, for proving that samples put into TEGA , which is onboard instrument , which heated and finds that some gases  are  released .According to Phoenix Project Manager Barry Goldstein that in white stuff having problems

"It's clumpy," he says. "Very clumpy."

 It was so clumpy that it would stick to the bottom of the scoop.

"No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't shake it free of the scoop and deliver it to the TEGA," says Goldstein.

After find that tactics had been changed  and  they had the spacecraft scoop up drier soil and put into TEGA , the matter seems dried but instrument showed frozen water .

"Our excitement is not so much that ice is made of H2O," says Peter Smith, the Phoenix lander's principal scientist. "It's what we're going to learn about the impurities that are associated with this ice — salts, minerals and all of the things that are going to tell us about the history and the chance that this is a habitable zone on Mars." According to Smith Mars is warmer then some pf this ICE may have been into liquid., find that there are much ice where Phoenix landed which having two inches of dirt . Also announced that mission Phoenix showed desired results so we are extending Martian Water, Mission Extended07.31.08 

partial view of a full-circle panorama shows NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander and the polygonal patterning of the ground at the landing area. The image is in approximately true color. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University Arizona/Texas A&M University

"We have water," said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA. "We've seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted."

"Phoenix is healthy and the projections for solar power look good, so we want to take full advantage of having this resource in one of the most interesting locations on Mars," said Michael Meyer, chief scientist for the Mars Exploration Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

 The soil sample came from a trench approximately 2 inches deep. When the robotic arm first reached that depth, it hit a hard layer of frozen soil. Two attempts to deliver samples of icy soil on days when fresh material was exposed were foiled when the samples became stuck inside the scoop. Most of the material in Wednesday's sample had been exposed to the air for two days, letting some of the water in the sample vaporize away and making the soil easier to handle.

 "Mars is giving us some surprises," said Phoenix principal investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona. "We're excited because surprises are where discoveries come from. One surprise is how the soil is behaving. The ice-rich layers stick to the scoop when poised in the sun above the deck, different from what we expected from all the Mars simulation testing we've done. That has presented challenges for delivering samples, but we're finding ways to work with it and we're gathering lots of information to help us understand this soil."

Phoenix Mars Lander was landed on Mars May 25 since then it is studying soil with chemistry lab TEGA which having microscope and camera also. In 2002 while scientists have cleared that water exist then they work for to know if carbon-containing chemicals and other raw materials for life are present. A Canadian instrument is using a laser beam to study dust and clouds overhead. "It's a 30-watt light bulb giving us a laser show on Mars," said Victoria Hipkin of the Canadian Space Agency.

"The details and patterns we see in the ground show an ice-dominated terrain as far as the eye can see," said Mark Lemmon of Texas A&M University, lead scientist for Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager camera. "They help us plan measurements we're making within reach of the robotic arm and interpret those measurements on a wider scale."

Phoenix mission led by smith University of Arizona with  NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and development partnership at Lockheed Martin in Denver. Besides that Canadian Space Agency; the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland; the universities of Copenhagen and Aarhus in Denmark; the Max Planck Institute in Germany; and the Finnish Meteorological Institute also helping in this project.

      But its be great achievement and give a role model for  further study and discoveries , Sometimes it like miracle that a man made spacecraft going to other planet and studying environment and life here and more interesting when there is no man in that craft and all the work managed by machine . 
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Navtej Kohli is spots loving person and also watching major sports events. During the discussion Navtej Kohli said “Although Tibetan people are right but Olympics is a event which spread love , peace , sprit , humanity ,equality and removes any biasness based upon caste , creed , color , gender , community or social and economical status “.

A reendowed send-off had been given to Olympic by President Bush in White House Olympic ceremony for Olympic games which are to be start on in August 2008 in Beijing. urging them Monday to "compete swifter, higher and stronger" but also be mindful they will be "ambassadors of liberty" to the people of China and elsewhere.  Bush having plan to attend first few days of Olympics games . While he was addressing the dozen of athletics who are going to play in Olympics and then Paralympics in September , Bush told that he would be there to cheer up players. "I can't wait to salute our athletes, and I can't wait to share in the joy of your triumphs," he said.

Although Human Rights and many Tibetan community and society had asked to Bush to boycott openings ceremonies because of China Tibet issue. But Bush and its government had already made clear that Olympics is a sporting event and not to be politicized. But Bush also added that China is wrong condemn its policies for demolishing Tibet and also assuring human rights that right steps will be taken for this . Bush addressed "You will convey our nation's most cherished values," the president said. "As ambassadors of liberty, you will represent America's love for freedom and our regard for human rights and human dignity ... to other athletes and to the people of China."

Bush hopefully and Cheerfully beamed USA team."We send you off with congratulations on the success you have already achieved, and on the accomplishments we know will be yours in Beijing," he said. "We're looking forward to rooting for you in Beijing." A dinner is also organized by president Bush and his Wife Laura with previous U.S. Olympians.

"You're not going to be alone in Beijing," Bush said as he toasted the athletes. "Because you're going to be accompanied by the hopes and pride of millions of Americans."

Bush said the Olympics are "an opportunity to demonstrate the strength of the human spirit."

He cited the 1972 Olympics when people gathered in Munich to honor the 11 Israeli athletes who were killed by Palestinian gunmen and the 2002 games in Salt Lake City when an American flag recovered from the World Trade Center "displayed to the world the resolve and resilience of our country."

Then president Bush also wish joyful and glorious records and achievements. Famous personality who attending ceremony was gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee

The menu was not a low-cal affair, with pea soup with duck pastrami, cheese puffs, crispy black sea bass, butter beans, salad and a dessert called the "Olympic Torch," a dark chocolate tart with raspberries and a blown-sugar Olympic flame.The bluegrass band Seldom Scene was the chosen entertainment. George W. Bush , in Washington DC , Rose garden ceremony Monday 21-July-2008 welcoming and  encouraging athletics just before Beijing Olympics .   

That be great event and makes a remarkable moment while the US sports and Olympics is concerns. China has to thankful for whole world that are supporting the Mega Sports Events. Although  Olympics torch receive many demonstration against it while passed through many countries and also extinguished by Tibetan protester in the way . Moreover now at that moment we wish only healthy and cheerful Olympic games in China .

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