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NASA Briefing on New Mars Finding This Afternoon

Posted by Unknown on from the mulder-found-exploring-face-of-mars dept.

ipsender writes with a NASA announcement: "NASA will host a news briefing on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) about a significant new Mars science finding. The briefing will be held at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The new finding is based on observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 2006." You can catch the briefing online at the NASA TV site.

4 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. Jobtanium by Nanosphere · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to reading from the Mars reconnisance orbiter, they have detected sizable quantities of Jobtanium, a rare element currently found on Earth. NASA is proposing to congress and the Obama administration a manned mission to Mars to collect this Jobtanium

  2. Re:My guess - by pahles · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it is indicative of the presence of methane.

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    Sig?
  3. Re:My guess - by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look at all the geologists on the briefing panel

    Hmm, let's see ...
    Geologists -> Rocks
    Rock -> Mountains
    Mountains -> Beer
    Beer -> Bad Commercials
    So, it looks like Coors has officially sponsored the Mars expedition and will be using official NASA footage from the rovers for their next stupid commercial?

  4. This better be good, NASA by markdowling · · Score: 3, Funny

    You made the front page of slashdot with a tease release - now you'd better produce. Nothing less than alien life or alternatively a new way to jailbreak iOS will do.