Window on Mars - Can Orobes Dig Out More Info?

OldTurkeyBuzzard writes " All telescopes are tuned to Mars as it draws nearer Earth than at any time in recorded history. The record-setting date is Aug. 27...... This newspaper article throws more light on the efforts to gather more information about the red planet when it approaches very close to us. "

Comments

not mars!

[sweeney37]

How can people not see that Microsoft is a Monopoly?! Now Bill is going after the Martians!

What?

Oh wait... shit.

Mike

Maybe They Fill Find

[Anonymous Coward]

the satellite we slammed into the surface a few years ago!

or, since its so close, hit em with another one!

Let's hope

[Anti Frozt]

"If everything goes as planned, by January 2004 there will be a total of seven spacecraft sniffing around Mars."

Let's hope those little green men have a concept of deoderant or NASA is going to be in for a real surprise.

Re:Let's hope

[Anonymous Coward]

I think the late, great Douglas Adams put it best in the introduction to "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe." There's this little blurb about an alien race:

"Many races believe that [the Universe] was created by some sort of God, though the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that the entire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure. The Jatravartids, who live in perpetual fear of the time they call The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief, are small blue creatures with more than fifty arms each, who are therefore unique in being the only race in history to have invented the aerosol deodorant before the wheel."

I propose....

[dukerobillard]

...a party at Grover's Mill!

Orobes, huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

At least they're not sending probes. That would be offensive.

Re:Orobes, huh?

[ThinWhiteDuke]

Only the Protoss send probes. Terrans send SCV's.

Windows on Mars?

[H3lm3t]

Windows on Mars? Will that result in a Red Screen of Death (RSOD) or do we have to refer to it as the Blue Planet in the future?

Re:Windows on Mars?

[IO ERROR]

Windows on Mars? Will that result in a Red Screen of Death (RSOD) or do we have to refer to it as the Blue Planet in the future?

Only if you're using the Martian-language regional settings.

George Bush Trying to Get Home

[hillct]

There has been much political debate of this issue however, may I be the first to say that NASA should spend any amount of money needed to help George W. Bush get home. Now is the time, as mars grows closer to earth than it has in recorded history, we must act quickly to help the gramatically challenged one. If you don't believe me, here's the proof:

Top 41 signs George W. Bush Must Be From Mars

With all the partisan politics around these days, let us all agree on one thing. We should help this pittifull little martian get home.

--CTH

An orobe...

[Anonymous Coward]

Is that like golden probe?

Re:Recorded History?

[Anonymous Coward]

Or just saying "The closest it's been in 60,000 years" would have been just as good.

Least the comparison didn't use VWs, football fields or libraries of congress.

"Mars will appear the closest it's been since... well, since as long as it would take to read the library of congress ago"

thanks i have my tin-foil cap ready

[Anonymous Coward]

it is a very short distance and you never know what are those little green men sending through space...

Re:Mars Attracts!!

[richie2000]

Hollywood is going all sequel on us this year.

Yeah, Mars Attacks Again, Mission to Mars Revisited, National Lampoon's Vacation to Mars, Lord of the O-Rings - The Two Launches, Star Wars XVI - Attack of the Green Clowns, 2003 - A Space Affair, Star Trek 12 - In Search Of A Borg Franchise, Die Hard IX - Yeehaa, Martians! and, finally, the new version of that old TV show My Friend Martian starring Wil Wheaton.

Windows on Mars?

[colonelteddy]

PLEASE: Can't we get it working on Earth first?

I can only assume Orobes is the latest codename for the 128bit windows AE (AlienEdition).

Or do you mean that we are going to send all the copies of windows to Mars? I've never been a fan of using space as a giant garbage dump, but in this case....

Is Slashdot submission using Trend Micro filter?

[meador]

Note the clever use of 'O' instead of the letter following 'O' to get the headline through the TrendMicro 'letter after O' filter re : http://slashdot.org/article.plsid=03/05/23/0521222 &mode=thread&tid=126&tid=128

Orobes?

[danimrich]

I hope they're more careful about what they type when they program their probe. And stay with metric units, too.

Re:Misdirected Efforts

[Ciderx]

We've explored less than 2% of the ocean floor on this planet so far. Why go to the moon or mars when there is all that to explore first?

Or we could shrink ourselves and explore other people's inner ears!

Windows On Mars

[Streiff]

So this is what all the crashed probes were running.

Doh! Where are the dragons!

[genomancer]

We haven't managed to genetically engineer flying, firebreathing lizards yet.. let alone ones that can teleport.. if the red planet is on it's aproach, we're screwed!

Oh.. sorry.. red planet, not moon.

G

Re:Misdirected Efforts

[Blue Stone]

Dude, it's within ourselves that we need to explore. We don't even know ourselves, man.


Mod this as funny and I'll kick your ass.

Mars slashdotted?

[tomrud]

With all theese telescopes pointing at Mars, wouldn't Mars be slashdotted?

Quick!

[Faust7]

Linux to Mars before it's too late!

Red Hat for the Red Planet!

Martians possess WMD

[Alien Being]

A source close to the Pentagon claims to have seen evidence of a Martian plot to destroy vital U.S. interests around the globe. He spoke to us on the condition that we refer to him only as "Bugs".

"They have an Illudium Q36 explosive space modulator, and we're the ones who sold it to them" explained Bugs. "Back in the fifties, there was an American company called Acme who would sell anything to anyone. The Martian leader, a looney little guy named Marvin was a regular customer. He's hell bent on destroying the Earth. It's all he ever talks about. Something to do with his view of Venus." Some research into the Acme company seems to confirm Bugs' allegations.

But Martian Information Minister, Wyle. E. Coyote, told us a different story. "There is no Illudium Q36 explosive space modulator. This is a myth being spread by the evil ones. "Sure, they sold us some rocket powered roller skates, and giant magnets, but we only use those to control the roadrunner population." He went on to deny the existence of tens of thousands of freeze-dried Martian warriors.

So get out your telescope on Aug. 27, but wear some earplugs. There just might be an earth-shattering kaboom.

Orobes?

[Semi-Psychic Nathan]

Someone wasn't oroofreading oroperly...