Nope; "recent" is correct. This is a major finding since previously it was thought that Mars was freeze-dried to a crisp 3-4 billion years ago. 500 million is recent on this time scale and a bit revolutionary.
"says it has not sold the software..."
What a bunch of bull. Raytheon NEVER, EVER develops software just for fun. They must have had a contract by Big Bother before they wrote a line of code or paid a single programmer.
So now what BS excuse are commercial fishermen going to use to explain the collapse of the krill population. As usual, they are loathe to admit that it is overfishing, instead coming up with fanciful explanations such as the ozone hole to explain the collapse of the krill and the devastation of the Antarctic ecosystems....
Why do we keep putting up with this crap and not fighting back? Let's add a stiff import tariff on Chinese junk which would increase revenues and add jobs to this country.
In technical terms, this is known as throwing money down a rat hole. And it is not the first time this has been done....
I love how engineers tell us they are going to mimic brain, but don't ask them how the brain works 'cause no one knows.
To me it looks like clay; the Holy Grail of this mission. It would be quite a revelation to find it this early in the missions. The consensus was that clay would not be reached until MSL got to the base of Mt Sharp a year from now...
JPL is being cagey about this, but if life or even the biochemical signature of past life was encountered by MSL, the mass spectrometer / gas chromatograph would light up like a Christmas tree.
Since when are terminator genes good for the environment?
Since when have herbicide-resistant crops been good for us?
Since when is it a good idea to have corn that has the BT built into every cell?
The Pork is in Houston with their manned missions, not JPL in California that does the unmanned missions.
Houston is now building a Pork-extravaganza called the Space Launch System (SLS)--called "The Rocket to Nowhere" because it has no mission except to create income for aerospace execs in Houston.
Rent at some of the most expensive office space in Rhode Island, equipment & toys, travel & entertainment expenses...i.e. they peed it away like most idiots who have never run a business and who all of a sudden have a ton of cash.
And that is why in the 70's the populace of South Korea migrated in doves to North Korea to get away from the oppressive dictators and flock to the worker's paradise of North Korea. In fact that is why North Korea has all that barbed wire along the border, to keep out the South Korean fleeing their oppressive government...
So then you agree that China stole the technology for this mission. It is indeed pretty obvious. Your masters in the Chinese Water Army will not be happy.
But the mission is impressive in that it is not easy to steal this information and clone the technology.
But before we get too excited, let's see the Chinese open these missions to the world press....HA!
Well I am sure that some of the new agencies and their reporters there at Chinese mission control, such as Reuters and AP, could clear this up...oh wait....this was a Stalinist mission and closed to press. And I am sure that the only reason we are getting any information from these paranoid nut jobs is that the mission was successful.
Sure when you can steal and copy all the technology it is easy...
Also since when did the Chinese open up their launches and mission control to the international press?
Not like South Korea at all. More like an oppressive capitalist dictatorship. There is nothing Communist left except for Stalinist paranoia and control.
Before you anoint our Chinese overlords, be aware that most of this technology was stolen from NASA/JPL. There is a reason China was (basically) kicked out of NASA
Mars is???
If you returned any of these colonists back to Earth and plunked them down in the worst place you could find such as a dry valley in Antarctica or the top of K2/Everest, they would think they were in paradise.
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Nope; "recent" is correct. This is a major finding since previously it was thought that Mars was freeze-dried to a crisp 3-4 billion years ago. 500 million is recent on this time scale and a bit revolutionary.
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If al-Qaeda does not use mobile comms, then why is Big Brother monitoring mobile comms? Dumb question...
Kerry Transparent???? He certainly was transparent when he moored his yacht in Rhode Island to avoid $700,000
"says it has not sold the software..." What a bunch of bull. Raytheon NEVER, EVER develops software just for fun. They must have had a contract by Big Bother before they wrote a line of code or paid a single programmer.
That would be the second largest producer in the UNITED STATES, not the world. China's coal burning trumps everything...
So now what BS excuse are commercial fishermen going to use to explain the collapse of the krill population. As usual, they are loathe to admit that it is overfishing, instead coming up with fanciful explanations such as the ozone hole to explain the collapse of the krill and the devastation of the Antarctic ecosystems....
Why do we keep putting up with this crap and not fighting back? Let's add a stiff import tariff on Chinese junk which would increase revenues and add jobs to this country.
In technical terms, this is known as throwing money down a rat hole. And it is not the first time this has been done.... I love how engineers tell us they are going to mimic brain, but don't ask them how the brain works 'cause no one knows.
To me it looks like clay; the Holy Grail of this mission. It would be quite a revelation to find it this early in the missions. The consensus was that clay would not be reached until MSL got to the base of Mt Sharp a year from now...
JPL is being cagey about this, but if life or even the biochemical signature of past life was encountered by MSL, the mass spectrometer / gas chromatograph would light up like a Christmas tree.
Since when are terminator genes good for the environment? Since when have herbicide-resistant crops been good for us? Since when is it a good idea to have corn that has the BT built into every cell?
The Pork is in Houston with their manned missions, not JPL in California that does the unmanned missions. Houston is now building a Pork-extravaganza called the Space Launch System (SLS)--called "The Rocket to Nowhere" because it has no mission except to create income for aerospace execs in Houston.
Rent at some of the most expensive office space in Rhode Island, equipment & toys, travel & entertainment expenses...i.e. they peed it away like most idiots who have never run a business and who all of a sudden have a ton of cash.
And non-renewable. Once it is used, it is GONE forever.
No. I was referring to: "Congress Bans Scientific Collaboration with China, Cites High Espionage Risks" http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2011/05/07/congress-bans-scientific-collaboration-with-china-cites-high-espionage-risks/ If China continues to be a closed society that prohibits access by the free press to its space ventures (and everything else), why the heck should we give them free access to NASA technology?
Nice try taking it out of context. That is why I said "basically". Here is the background: "Congress Bans NASA from Collaborating with China, Citing Espionage Concerns" http://www.geekosystem.com/congress-bans-china-science-collaboration/
And that is why in the 70's the populace of South Korea migrated in doves to North Korea to get away from the oppressive dictators and flock to the worker's paradise of North Korea. In fact that is why North Korea has all that barbed wire along the border, to keep out the South Korean fleeing their oppressive government...
So then you agree that China stole the technology for this mission. It is indeed pretty obvious. Your masters in the Chinese Water Army will not be happy. But the mission is impressive in that it is not easy to steal this information and clone the technology. But before we get too excited, let's see the Chinese open these missions to the world press....HA!
Well I am sure that some of the new agencies and their reporters there at Chinese mission control, such as Reuters and AP, could clear this up...oh wait....this was a Stalinist mission and closed to press. And I am sure that the only reason we are getting any information from these paranoid nut jobs is that the mission was successful.
Sure when you can steal and copy all the technology it is easy... Also since when did the Chinese open up their launches and mission control to the international press?
Not like South Korea at all. More like an oppressive capitalist dictatorship. There is nothing Communist left except for Stalinist paranoia and control.
Before you anoint our Chinese overlords, be aware that most of this technology was stolen from NASA/JPL. There is a reason China was (basically) kicked out of NASA
At my (rotten defense contractor), each sick day comes off your vacation time to people come to work half-dead....
Mars is??? If you returned any of these colonists back to Earth and plunked them down in the worst place you could find such as a dry valley in Antarctica or the top of K2/Everest, they would think they were in paradise.