Mars - TBD-Rover-Name & (Curiosity, Phoenix, Spirit, Opportunity) - Page 3

sterlingice · 08-12-2012, 11:24 AM

Same- I lament that I may not live long enough to see us do much in the space arena. I was born after we made it to the moon and, really, Mars would be a big deal but we already left the planet. Now I'm curious about much deeper space: going to other stars, for instance. Although colonization would be very neat.

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jeff061 · 08-12-2012, 11:32 AM

We'll never have everything figured out. 200 years from now(if we haven't killed ourselves off) people will lament they won't live to see xyz.

I do however consider myself extremely lucky to be able to experience the peak of the information age. It's been an amazing ride. I wonder if humans 200, 300, 500 years ago felt the same about their technological wonders.

Edward64 · 08-12-2012, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

We'll never have everything figured out. 200 years from now(if we haven't killed ourselves off) people will lament they won't live to see xyz.

I do however consider myself extremely lucky to be able to experience the peak of the information age. It's been an amazing ride. I wonder if humans 200, 300, 500 years ago felt the same about their technological wonders.

I think its the beginning of the information age, not the peak?

jeff061 · 08-12-2012, 04:04 PM

As of now we have instant access to more information than our brains can process, on pretty much any topic and any period of time. I don't see a terrific amount of change. However we probably have only just begun to experience what the effects of the information age will bring.

Julio Riddols · 08-12-2012, 05:21 PM

Count me in the group that thinks we're just at the tip of the iceberg regarding the information age. 1000 years from now society will have changed drastically from how we live now. With any luck, radicalism and short-sighted selfishness will give way to unity and understanding over that period.

If I could freeze myself at age 50 and be woken up in the year 2500, I would do it.

Wolfpack · 08-12-2012, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

Count me in the group that thinks we're just at the tip of the iceberg regarding the information age. 1000 years from now society will have changed drastically from how we live now. With any luck, radicalism and short-sighted selfishness will give way to unity and understanding over that period.

If I could freeze myself at age 50 and be woken up in the year 2500, I would do it.

Tell Tweekie I said hi.

sterlingice · 08-12-2012, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

If I could freeze myself at age 50 and be woken up in the year 2500, I would do it.

I think this will be my next "it's Tuesday and there's nothing going on for the board" poll

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Julio Riddols · 08-12-2012, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfpack

Tell Tweekie I said hi.

Just let me know what Tweekie looks like and I will have a composite sketch frozen with me so I can track 'em down. Edit: Oh, shit, I get the reference now. If I were a bit older I might have had it right from the get-go.

DaddyTorgo · 08-12-2012, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

If I could freeze myself at age 50 and be woken up in the year 2500, I would do it.

Absolutely. Or even 3000.

How much would you pay for it? That's the real question right?

Grover · 08-12-2012, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyTorgo

Absolutely. Or even 3000.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROOOOOOW!

sterlingice · 08-13-2012, 05:50 AM

"Shut up, Terry"

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Fonzie · 08-13-2012, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Grover

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROOOOOOW!

Whenever the World of Tomorrow occurs, it goddamn better have those flying cars we've been promised for the last 60 years.

Wolfpack · 08-13-2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

Just let me know what Tweekie looks like and I will have a composite sketch frozen with me so I can track 'em down. Edit: Oh, shit, I get the reference now. If I were a bit older I might have had it right from the get-go.

Hm. Glad I didn't go with an "In the Year 2525" joke, then.

whomario · 08-29-2012, 02:48 PM

So, we decide to send the first piece of music to and back from Mars and choose Will I Am ?
Sometimes i think we are really lucky that aparently no one is out there (at least within our reach), i somehow doubt he´d be impressed

sterlingice · 08-29-2012, 03:00 PM

Ok, I missed this story: say what?

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cartman · 08-29-2012, 03:05 PM

Will.i.am premieres song -- from Mars - CNN.com

Fonzie · 08-29-2012, 07:36 PM

Dunno if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but the Sarcastic Rover parody Twitter account is pretty damned awesome:
https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/SarcasticRover.

bronconick · 08-29-2012, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by whomario

So, we decide to send the first piece of music to and back from Mars and choose Will I Am ?
Sometimes i think we are really lucky that aparently no one is out there (at least within our reach), i somehow doubt he´d be impressed

I'm still convinced that if we ever come up with FTL travel in 1,000 years, one of the first missions is going to be to go out and grab the Voyagers and bring them back before any aliens see the crap we left in them.

sterlingice · 08-30-2012, 05:53 AM

"I'm sorry, little green men. We're really embarrassed about the 1970s now. It seemed like a good idea at the time"

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whomario · 08-30-2012, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Fonzie

Dunno if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but the Sarcastic Rover parody Twitter account is pretty damned awesome:
https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/SarcasticRover.

i agree

Link didn´t work for me without logging in, this one does if anyone else has that problem : SarcasticRover (SarcasticRover) on Twitter

Edward64 · 09-08-2012, 09:46 AM

Here's your grandpa ... when is it supposed to meet up with Kirk again?

Voyager 1 probe poised to leave solar system after 35 years - latimes.com

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In 1977, Jimmy Carter moved into the White House, "Star Wars" and "Saturday Night Fever" premiered in theaters and the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral to explore the outer solar system.

In the years since, there have been five more presidents and five more "Star Wars" movies; disco has given way to punk, grunge and rap; and the Voyagers have flown billions of miles past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Their explorations aren't over yet.

As scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge marked the mission's 35th anniversary this week, they marveled that Voyager 1 was poised to leave the solar system — crossing the so-called heliopause and entering the vastness of interstellar space.

When that happens, Voyager 1 will become the first spacecraft launched from Earth to "leave the bubble," said former JPL Director Edward Stone, who still serves as a project scientist on the mission as a member of Caltech's Space Radiation Lab.

Kodos · 09-09-2012, 08:20 PM

rowech · 09-09-2012, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

Anybody who thinks mankind doesn't need a space program for the simple desire to explore and to try and reach farther is a douche.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 09-10-2012, 01:27 PM

First HD photos of Mars are in. Amazing detail, even of something as simple as a wheel.

JediKooter · 09-10-2012, 01:34 PM

Awesome pic! Is that a real color image? If so, looks kind of like Tatooine.

sterlingice · 09-10-2012, 01:42 PM

Guess we know where Episode 7 is being filmed

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terpkristin · 09-10-2012, 04:25 PM

I'm disappointed noone posted the self-portraits: Hello, beautiful! | The Planetary Society (you should read the notes on these pictures at that link). All images here are copyright NASA/JPL/MSSS/Emily Lakdawalla

This one is called "winking":

/tk

JediKooter · 09-10-2012, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

Guess we know where Episode 7 is being filmed

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I can neither confirm nor deny this.

JPhillips · 09-10-2012, 05:04 PM

tk: When can you post the secret pictures of the aliens? We're counting on you.

Rizon · 09-10-2012, 05:20 PM

Couldn't they have taken the rover to Tucson and gotten the same shots?

Schmidty · 09-10-2012, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Fonzie

Dunno if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but the Sarcastic Rover parody Twitter account is pretty damned awesome:
https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/SarcasticRover.

I don't get it. I refuse to join Twitter because I think it is the Devil and people that use it a lot are idiotic, but I also always thought you could still read it without signing up.

Basically: I have to sign up to read idiocy now?

Chief Rum · 09-10-2012, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizon

Couldn't they have taken the rover to Tucson and gotten the same shots?

You're suggesting they didn't.

Chief Rum · 09-10-2012, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by terpkristin

I'm disappointed noone posted the self-portraits: Hello, beautiful! | The Planetary Society (you should read the notes on these pictures at that link). All images here are copyright NASA/JPL/MSSS/Emily Lakdawalla

This one is called "winking":

/tk

Anyone find any raptors in these shots?

cartman · 09-10-2012, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Anyone find any raptors in these shots?

What do you think is taking the pictures?

JediKooter · 09-10-2012, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

What do you think is taking the pictures?

Nailed it!

MizzouRah · 09-10-2012, 09:19 PM

That is so awesome. Although I know they are hiding the ones of 2pac!

Dutch · 09-13-2012, 07:37 PM

Curiosity Rover's '7 Minutes of Terror' In Stunning HD

KWhit · 09-13-2012, 09:04 PM

Awesome.

We have fucking video from another planet. Amazing!

sterlingice · 09-13-2012, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KWhit

Awesome.

We have fucking video from another planet. Amazing!

+1

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Autumn · 09-14-2012, 08:35 AM

Over/under on how long until we have a reality show set on Mars?

whomario · 09-14-2012, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Autumn

Over/under on how long until we have a reality show set on Mars?

Dutch reality show to offer one-way tickets to Mars

Autumn · 09-14-2012, 09:26 AM

That video is pretty amazing. This all still blows my mind.

DaddyTorgo · 09-14-2012, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Autumn

That video is pretty amazing. This all still blows my mind.

This

MizzouRah · 09-14-2012, 11:15 AM

Blows my mind too.. keep waiting to see some aliens running

Fonzie · 09-27-2012, 09:59 PM

What has long been suspected is now confirmed by Curiosity:

Streams Of Water Once Flowed On Mars; NASA Says Photos Prove It : The Two-Way : NPR

Fonzie · 11-20-2012, 08:35 PM

So, NPR and NASA have joined forces to...tease us?

Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now : NPR

The author uses the word "earthshaking" and quotes a scientist as describing their find as being "one for the history books," if confirmed. I can't help but wonder if they've found some compelling evidence of life, either past or present, on Mars.

I love this stuff and can't wait for the formal announcement. In a way, though, I wish they'd have just waited to say anything until their results were final. The wait is going to be frustrating, and I harbor the fear that NASA may be playing up a finding that will prove disappointing.

Drake · 11-20-2012, 08:57 PM

I think I hate you a little for bringing that story to my attention.

Fonzie · 11-20-2012, 09:22 PM

I know. I loathe myself a bit for that too.

In looking for clues, I found the NASA description (from SAM: Sample Analysis at Mars on the rover 'Curiosity') of the purpose of the instrument that was used in this discovery:

The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) investigation onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover is designed to investigate the chemical and isotopic composition of the Martian atmosphere and volatiles extracted from powdered solid surface samples. It will conduct a sensitive search for organic compounds and measure the isotopic composition of carbonaceous material. SAM's investigations support the mission goal of quantitatively assessing the habitability of Mars, an essential step in the search for past or present life on Mars, with investigations in Gale Crater.

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So, they've either found some sort of evidence regarding organic compounds on Mars, which wouldn't be all that interesting, much less earthshaking, since those can be formed through non-biological means, or they've found...something else? Something that might link organic compounds to a biological processes, either past or present?

Dammit NASA scientists! Aren't there any among your number who are familiar with the "anonymous leaking of classified information" tradition? Spend a little more time in Washington, for crying out loud.

Edward64 · 11-20-2012, 10:01 PM

Its either water, alien bacteria or John Carter's bones.

sterlingice · 11-21-2012, 07:31 AM

Let's put the human expectations on a scale

Disney Big: John Carter's Bones!
Super Big: life on another planet - large enough to see
-Earthshaking (move it down one if you're feeling generous)-
Big: life on another planet- bacteria or other small organism
Not as big: evidence of past small organisms on Mars
-Where I expect it to be: either the one above or below this-
Yawn: Organic compounds on Mars
Duh: water was pretty much already known

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View Poll Results: What will Phoenix find?
Water not found	9	13.85%
Water found, no evidence of life	32	49.23%
Water found, evidence of life	15	23.08%
Trout and/or Crash and Burn	9	13.85%
Voters: 65. You may not vote on this poll

08-12-2012, 11:24 AM	#101
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Same- I lament that I may not live long enough to see us do much in the space arena. I was born after we made it to the moon and, really, Mars would be a big deal but we already left the planet. Now I'm curious about much deeper space: going to other stars, for instance. Although colonization would be very neat. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 08-12-2012 at 11:24 AM.

08-12-2012, 11:32 AM	#102
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	We'll never have everything figured out. 200 years from now(if we haven't killed ourselves off) people will lament they won't live to see xyz. I do however consider myself extremely lucky to be able to experience the peak of the information age. It's been an amazing ride. I wonder if humans 200, 300, 500 years ago felt the same about their technological wonders. __________________ Last edited by jeff061 : 08-12-2012 at 11:33 AM.

08-12-2012, 04:04 PM	#104
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	As of now we have instant access to more information than our brains can process, on pretty much any topic and any period of time. I don't see a terrific amount of change. However we probably have only just begun to experience what the effects of the information age will bring. __________________

08-12-2012, 05:21 PM	#105
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	Count me in the group that thinks we're just at the tip of the iceberg regarding the information age. 1000 years from now society will have changed drastically from how we live now. With any luck, radicalism and short-sighted selfishness will give way to unity and understanding over that period. If I could freeze myself at age 50 and be woken up in the year 2500, I would do it. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

08-13-2012, 05:50 AM	#111
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	"Shut up, Terry" SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

08-29-2012, 02:48 PM	#114
whomario Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2007	So, we decide to send the first piece of music to and back from Mars and choose Will I Am ? Sometimes i think we are really lucky that aparently no one is out there (at least within our reach), i somehow doubt he´d be impressed __________________ “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!” Last edited by whomario : 08-29-2012 at 02:49 PM.

08-29-2012, 03:00 PM	#115
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Ok, I missed this story: say what? SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

08-29-2012, 03:05 PM	#116
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Will.i.am premieres song -- from Mars - CNN.com __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

08-29-2012, 07:36 PM	#117
Fonzie Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Illinois	Dunno if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but the Sarcastic Rover parody Twitter account is pretty damned awesome: https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/SarcasticRover.

08-30-2012, 05:53 AM	#119
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	"I'm sorry, little green men. We're really embarrassed about the 1970s now. It seemed like a good idea at the time" SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

09-09-2012, 08:20 PM	#122
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	__________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties. Last edited by Kodos : 09-09-2012 at 08:21 PM.

09-10-2012, 01:27 PM	#124
Mizzou B-ball fan General Manager Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO	First HD photos of Mars are in. Amazing detail, even of something as simple as a wheel.

09-10-2012, 01:34 PM	#125
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Awesome pic! Is that a real color image? If so, looks kind of like Tatooine. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

09-10-2012, 01:42 PM	#126
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Guess we know where Episode 7 is being filmed SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

09-10-2012, 04:25 PM	#127
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	I'm disappointed noone posted the self-portraits: Hello, beautiful! \| The Planetary Society (you should read the notes on these pictures at that link). All images here are copyright NASA/JPL/MSSS/Emily Lakdawalla This one is called "winking": /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

09-10-2012, 05:04 PM	#129
JPhillips General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	tk: When can you post the secret pictures of the aliens? We're counting on you. __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

09-10-2012, 09:19 PM	#136
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	That is so awesome. Although I know they are hiding the ones of 2pac!

09-13-2012, 07:37 PM	#137
Dutch "Dutch" Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	Curiosity Rover's '7 Minutes of Terror' In Stunning HD

09-13-2012, 09:04 PM	#138
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	Awesome. We have fucking video from another planet. Amazing!

09-14-2012, 08:35 AM	#140
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	Over/under on how long until we have a reality show set on Mars?

09-14-2012, 09:26 AM	#142
Autumn Head Coach Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bath, ME	That video is pretty amazing. This all still blows my mind.

09-14-2012, 11:15 AM	#144
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Blows my mind too.. keep waiting to see some aliens running

09-27-2012, 09:59 PM	#145
Fonzie Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Illinois	What has long been suspected is now confirmed by Curiosity: Streams Of Water Once Flowed On Mars; NASA Says Photos Prove It : The Two-Way : NPR

11-20-2012, 08:35 PM	#146
Fonzie Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Illinois	So, NPR and NASA have joined forces to...tease us? Big News From Mars? Rover Scientists Mum For Now : NPR The author uses the word "earthshaking" and quotes a scientist as describing their find as being "one for the history books," if confirmed. I can't help but wonder if they've found some compelling evidence of life, either past or present, on Mars. I love this stuff and can't wait for the formal announcement. In a way, though, I wish they'd have just waited to say anything until their results were final. The wait is going to be frustrating, and I harbor the fear that NASA may be playing up a finding that will prove disappointing.

11-20-2012, 08:57 PM	#147
Drake assmaster Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bloomington, IN	I think I hate you a little for bringing that story to my attention.

11-20-2012, 09:22 PM	#148
Fonzie Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Illinois	I know. I loathe myself a bit for that too. In looking for clues, I found the NASA description (from SAM: Sample Analysis at Mars on the rover 'Curiosity') of the purpose of the instrument that was used in this discovery: The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) investigation onboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover is designed to investigate the chemical and isotopic composition of the Martian atmosphere and volatiles extracted from powdered solid surface samples. It will conduct a sensitive search for organic compounds and measure the isotopic composition of carbonaceous material. SAM's investigations support the mission goal of quantitatively assessing the habitability of Mars, an essential step in the search for past or present life on Mars, with investigations in Gale Crater. ---------- So, they've either found some sort of evidence regarding organic compounds on Mars, which wouldn't be all that interesting, much less earthshaking, since those can be formed through non-biological means, or they've found...something else? Something that might link organic compounds to a biological processes, either past or present? Dammit NASA scientists! Aren't there any among your number who are familiar with the "anonymous leaking of classified information" tradition? Spend a little more time in Washington, for crying out loud.

11-20-2012, 10:01 PM	#149
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	Its either water, alien bacteria or John Carter's bones.

11-21-2012, 07:31 AM	#150
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Let's put the human expectations on a scale Disney Big: John Carter's Bones! Super Big: life on another planet - large enough to see -Earthshaking (move it down one if you're feeling generous)- Big: life on another planet- bacteria or other small organism Not as big: evidence of past small organisms on Mars -Where I expect it to be: either the one above or below this- Yawn: Organic compounds on Mars Duh: water was pretty much already known SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 11-21-2012 at 07:32 AM.

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