Curiosity is in his Grotzinger, NASA’s Curiosity project manager, has a pretty cool job. He gets to direct the research efforts of NASA's Curiosity rover. He and his team have already demonstrated evidence of liquid water on ancient Mars, and they are now in hot pursuit of measurable methane[U1] on the planet. Even if Grotzinger’s team find methane—and convincingly confirm that finding—it still won’t be unequivocal evidence of microbial life. But it will be tantalizing enough that their next step will be to focus on tracking down the source. Not-so-fine Corinthian to Scott Forstall’s abrupt exit from Apple, John Pavlus at Technology Review gives an impassioned argument[U2] for.
