"Splat" of Schiaparelli Mars Lander Likely Found (spaceflightnow.com)

Long-time Slashdot reader Tablizer quotes Space Flight Now: Views from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released Friday show the crash site where Europe's experimental Schiaparelli lander fell to the red planet's surface from a height of several miles, leaving a distinct dark patch on the Martian landscape...The image from MRO's context camera shows two new features attributed to the Schiaparelli spacecraft, including a large dark scar spanning an estimated 50 feet (15 meters) by 130 feet (40 meters). Schiaparelli's ground team believes it is from the high-speed impact of the lander's main body... A little more than a half-mile (1 kilometer) to the south, a bright spot appears in the image, likely the 39-foot-diameter (12-meter) supersonic parachute and part of Schiaparelli's heat shield, which released from the lander just before ESA lost contact."

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Re:There's a little black splat

[Anonymous Coward]

You know how toilets occasionally "misfire" when you flush them, and the end result is very little water in the bowl. A lot less than usual.

Well that happened and I took a shit. My fresh moist turd made a nice satisfying wet "SPLAT" sound as it hit bare (or nearly bare) porcelain. It was one of those big heavy turds, the kind that sometimes sink, sometimes float? Yeah one of those, with barely any water. Bonus: when most of the turd is in contact with air, the smell is MUCH stronger! That I have been eating well is now a well known fact to anyone in the area. Yes, so very satisfying in that primal sort of way.

Re:There's a little black splat

[amiga3D]

You are a very disturbed individual.