Peanut probe part of NASA mission

June 18, 2008 By GREG BLUESTEIN , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Tim Williams' goal was to create a device to test soil moisture around peanut pods, but his modest invention is now helping probe the soil of the Red Planet for traces of water.



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