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Water Flowed Recently on Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the guys-that-think-stuff-up dept.

elfguygmail.com writes "According to to Space.com 'Small gullies on Mars were carved by water recently and would be prime locations to look for life, NASA scientists said today.' "

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  1. Slashdot Frequently Seen Characters by pixelated77 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Let's break down the characters that this post will attract:

    1. We'll have the Heinlein / Asimov geeks that will start extolling the virtues of colonization. Sometimes these chaps will actually try to pitch the idea of interstellar mining for ores, they'll start talking about beanstalks / space elevators, nanotubes and perhaps a Rama reference or two. I won't even comment on that.

    2. Then the cynics will start their usual diatribe about the pointless expenditure of money and resources on a frivolous goal and/or ideal of human space travel.

    3. The above will be quickly followed by the NASA groupies that will then point out every single invention that is ever so faintly and indirectly a consequence of some NASA 1960s research.

    4. The NASA geeks will then be supported by the Altruists, who will wax philosophical about the triumph of the human spirit and the ennobling effects of exploration and conquest.

    5. Finally, we'll have an assorted collection of people who didn't RTFA and who won't but yet take a generous amount of time to argue about the merits of said article and the implications of the arguments brought forth my all of the above.

    1. Re:Slashdot Frequently Seen Characters by macaulay805 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Which category do you fall under?

  2. Re:Here's the key that noone is thinking about by pyst-off · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    by Anonymous Coward

    Need I say more? ok, I will...

    I only offered a point of view. It seems you are the one who is whining. You sound like a whipped husband. :)