According to the press release, this rock is 4.5B years old. Since that is the approximate age of Mars itself, how could it possibly be life? Does this predate any signs of life found on earth so far?
Other than the coolness factor, I dont understand the advantage of maglev. It surely must take more power to keep those things floating than it takes to overcome rolling resistance for a wheeled train.
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So, /. has done 10 stories on ternary computing?
According to the press release, this rock is 4.5B years old. Since that is the approximate age of Mars itself, how could it possibly be life? Does this predate any signs of life found on earth so far?
Other than the coolness factor, I dont understand the advantage of maglev. It surely must take more power to keep those things floating than it takes to overcome rolling resistance for a wheeled train.