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Mounting Evidence for Water on Mars
Kent Simon writes "Space.com has an interesting article discussing new evidence from the mars rovers that shows there may really be Water on Mars."
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Come on, somebody get that copywriter laid before he sublimates again.
Yep, just like that other NASA falsehood that the Spirit rover dug the first artificial hole in Mars recently, when we know that the European Beagle lander did that late last year.
Jolyon
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Now I'm thirsty and hungry!
(insert default opportunistic company to sell useless Mars water products... and somehow profit)
-tEd
I've seen the canals with my trusty telescope!
mars# mount /dev/evidence /mnt/water
"There are lots of geologists out there who are looking at these pictures and they are starting to drool," Haldeman said. "The American taxpayer that spent $800 million on this deserves a thorough analysis," Haldeman said.
Which taxpayer payed this much?
I have a life. I really do. I've just chosen to ignore it.
*Idiomatic Irish variation on an Anglo Saxon word.
${YEAR+1} is going to be the year of Linux on the desktop!
Damn those lazy NASA engineers. The February 29th cut off date has come and gone and they have yet make an official declaration of an ocean on Mars. What the hell have they been doing over there? Moving the rover 10 ft at a time, spending days just to get the damn thing off the landing platform, pathetic. There must be some shady deal going on between them and Long John Silver's to move really slowly to not have to tell the world that they found an ocean so they can share all of the free giant shrimp between themselves. This article just confirms it. Obviously they have enough evidence to proclaim that Mars is a big ocean, yet they don't because it would cut into their giant shrimp profits. Scandal I say!
"I have a porkchop, you have a porkchop. I have a veal, you have a veal".
Why should humans go to Mars?
Because humans need new destinations and ever-expanding horizons.
Because going to Mars will inspire the nation's youth.
I hope they didnt stay up all night answering their frequently asked questions.
Wouldn't it be better to find the real thing?
What? So does that mean Martians are blonde?
*--BigMan--- Time flies like an arrow.. but personally I prefer a nice glass of wine!
If Mars really is a "Waterworld", we'll invest vast amounts of money in it but no people will ever go to see it. Oh wait...
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards
It only makes sense, considering the red sky and blue sunset.
On Mars, er-- In Soviet Russia, the umbrella wears YOU!
Ryleh had to be on Earth. I for one quiver with fear at our new Lovecraftian masters' sub-aquatic subterranian resting place.
Meanwhile, in other news, a special report from Scotland - batter found on Mars.
Of course the rovers' instruments are limited in their ability to identify substances.. what is the freezing point of beer? Those spherules look suspiciously like froth, and there is more CO2 in the atmosphere than can be accounted for..
> I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards," he said.
:)
I wonder if they are smoking some pot in Maryland...
class he-man extends man!
That's jellyfish, humans are about 70% water (and 30% bullshit...)
I say the Soviet Mars 2 mission dug the first hole :)
karma capped
So how long before a commercial entity gets up there, and starts mining the water? You can look foward to Pepsi Space Age - selling at $200 a bottle - or Eau Du Mars - $1000 a bottle.
You're right, as Americans we didn't make many of the products/services you use today... ...we made many of the products/services you use today better.
(actually don't know if this series of commercials plays outside the US--so the joke might be lost)
"...and I say that we should wipe them out before they cause any more trouble. Their incessant broadcasting in practically every frequency gives me headaches every time we pass that system. I tell you, they are galactic trailer trash."
"OK, tell you what. We'll let them develop without interference. We'll take that dead world nearest them, and sprinkle it around with some single-celled organisms. Once they start exploring, they'll find the organisms, and THEN - when confronted with an entirely defenseless foreign life form - we'll see their true moral character."
"Deal."
-Styopa
That's funny - I was thinking bowling ball. Could you imagine walking off a lander onto the surface of Mars only to see 16 lb. balls hurling around through the air? :)
You can't seriously use Star Trek as your examples in a rational debate, can you?
Just because most of America uses a bunch of 6th century BC myths added to by 2nd century spin doctoring to run their lives doesn't mean that an appeal to the Gospel of Roddenberry is an acceptable debating tactic.
oh brave new world, that has such people in it!
My guess would be Mars.