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Martian Rock Found In Morocco

Posted by simoniker on from the red-planet-visits-here dept.

daeley writes "The BBC is reporting that a rock found in 2001 in Morocco is originally from Mars, similar in composition to the 1977 Antartica find. 'The meteorite would have been blasted off the Red Planet by an impact and may hold clues to Mars' watery past... scientists say the fragments are magmatic rocks. Magmatism is the main process by which water moves from the core of planets to their surface.'"

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  1. My wish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I wish there was a way for me, as a Christian, as a human being, to sit down with some of you and have a pleasant, civil discussion without bitterness or sarcasm. I don't force people to believe what I believe. I don't mock others with different beliefs. I hope I can find the words to explain myself, as my life goes on. I hope I can help people to see.

  2. I invented Mars-Al Gore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Way before I invented the internet.
    Can you believe I was stupid enough to endorse Howard Dean? Am I bad luck or what?

    1. Re:I invented Mars-Al Gore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah, I hope Michael Dukakis endorses your candidate's sorry ass.

  3. Re:That explains it by buttahead · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    check out http://www.google.com/search?q=Python+would+be+a+r etrograde+choice.&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0& start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

    and compare with:
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=93598&c id=8034 340

    mike seems to be a habitual copier. marked as foe very soon.

  4. Re:That explains it by buttahead · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    damn. let me use links... damn slash spaces:

    compare
    this search

    with this post

  5. hmm by prockcore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Martian Rock found in Morocco, Classic Rock found on radio

    "The Classic Rock would have been blasted out by Red Planet FM (103.1) and may hold clues to Music's rockin' past"

  6. So it IS a hoax after all! by KamuSan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yesterday we joked that the Mars rover probably is crawling around in the Sahara.

    So this news is really hilarious!
    Because this can mean two things:
    1. This rock somehow travelled from Mars to the Earth.
    or
    2. The rock has the same composition as rocks the Mars rover found, because the Mars rover IS crawling around in the Sahara!!

    Apply Occam's razor and see which of the two is more probable....

  7. In Soviet Russia ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mars comes to you!

    - I post anonymously so you don't have to.