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What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars?
Randym writes "NASA scientists have some exciting new results from one of the rover's instruments. On the one hand, they'd like to tell everybody what they found, but on the other, they have to wait because they want to make sure their results are not just some fluke or error in their instrument. The exciting results are coming from an instrument in the rover called SAM. 'We're getting data from SAM as we sit here and speak, and the data looks really interesting,' says John Grotzinger. He's the principal investigator for the rover mission. SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) is a suite of instruments onboard NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. Grotzinger says they recently put a soil sample in SAM, and the analysis shows something Earth-shaking. 'This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's looking really good,' he says."
I bet it turns out that Mars is made of:
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Skimmed Milk Powder, Milk Fat, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Lactose, Demineralised Whey Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Barley Malt Extract, Soya Lecithin (E322), Salt, Egg White, Hydrolysed Milk Protein, Natural Vanilla Flavour
which is totally what she said
Earth-shaking? Well then it is obvious.
They found evidence of an earth quake. On Mars !!
Are a million to one he said...
I don't think we want them to discover something on Mars that actually shakes the earth
OOOOH-LAHHH
It's a good thing Curiosity brought Surface to Air Missiles along on the trip to protect against an alien invasion of Mars.
>> This data is gonna be one for the history books
It turns out that new improved Choco-Pops are now more chocolatey than ever!
Please don t be a be a "Donald Trump" announcement.
"We're offering 5 million dollars to the charity of your choice if you can prove Mars accepted any of the vanquished troops Rome offered."
They have found chocolate. At least that's what I've found on the surface of every single Mars I've eaten.
Uh no... Mars bars >.
I do not like green cheese, SAM I am.
Same thing, different configuration options.
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I'm hoping for Evil Curiosity which has a goatee and has been sent by a world mirroring our world in almost every way. Except they're all evil. Although somewhere on that planet will be a mirror version of me.. but.. er.. without a goatee?
While taking another picture of itself, it noticed that something has slapped a "Barsoom" bumpersticker on the fender.
Thanks to the newest data from Curiosity, NASA has finally determined, with 99% confidence, why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
We've known for 40 years what comes from Mars and shakes the earth...
It's the "Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator".
Marvin has been searching for YEARS for that darned thing; ever since Buggs was able to get it away from him. Let's hope that he's not looking at the news today.
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Please be a Stargate. Please be a Stargate.
(sorry, but i still miss that show)
Apparently, it's real.
Where is the earth-shattering kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom.
There may have been liquid water in that very spot at some point in the last 50,000,000 years!
That's nothing, I could tell you what the Milky Way is made of.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
Well, there are only two Earth-shaking possible discoveries: life on Mars, or intelligent life on Mars
Or evidence of either in the past.
Or Roman helmets, that would work, too.
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Everyone assumed it was 5.3%
Lots of folks posting from CO and WA?
I drank what? -- Socrates
They finally found Marvin's Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator
American or European?
A skull! ....of a dinosaur.... ...in a space suit!
-Styopa
Apparently you're just a normal American.
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If they're so smart, they would have been able to finally find out how many licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a Tootsie Pop.
What political party do you join when you don't like Bible-thumpers *or* hippies?
Like http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/31/Marvinthemartain.jpg ?
I heard they were feeling happy and wanted to go for a walk.
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I saw a "documentary" about this, something about Transformers and the dark side of the moon...
Something about a giant black monolith full of stars.
I love my sig.
There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!
Any insufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
Prohibited from saying what the data is, Grotzinger couldn't help himself and gave the public a morsel of a hint while quietly snickering to himself.
I see what you did there.
Is 1563649 a prime number?
You know what scares me? The fact that I already knew what it was before clicking on the link.
It could be that you're psychic, but in order to be sure, we'll need to repeat the experiment. Can you guess what's on the other side of this link?
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NASA just saved a bunch of money on their rover insurance by switching to GEICO.
Metric or Imperial licks?
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
Something like that would be more of a Mars-shaking discovery. Speaking of that, who says they're not meaning it literally? They found something on Mars that shakes the planet Earth. Like it causes earthquakes or something, lol.
An alligator accidentally made the trip in an oversized hidden compartment?
The timing of the Hostess bankruptcy/closing announcement was a bit odd. It's a Washington company - you'd think they might want to wait and see whether marijuana legalization could resurrect their business!
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