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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:19:46 EDT

dirtyjeffer posted : i have read a TON of books on space and space accomplishments by mankind as it was a field i was very interested in when i was in school...i was always a little "sceptical" about the moon landing, but having seen a number of questionable things over the years, that scepticism never left...i'm not saying it didn't happen, just that there are enough odd things around that raise enough questions about it.
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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:38:19 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted : It spent less then 3 days on the moon. Sure its ugly, it was purpose built for one task, was used and then discarded into Earth's atmosphere. The only thing on board which had no useful function was the TV camera, even then NASA was trying to stir public interest.

Rather than repeating the failed arguments of others, why not pick up a book written by the people that designed it, built it and flew it. :uhh:

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:24:04 EDT

dirtyjeffer posted : meh...that pristinely wrapped gold tin foil doesn't look sufficient for 10 days on the moon either, let alone the "thin metal panels" that look like they were installed by a high school shop class...the lander's "feet" sure like nice and clean, although i'm not sure why you would wrap its feet in nice gold tin foil...likely no big deal though, considering how soft and delicate the landing there was...the dirt below it isn't even disturbed and the feet are sitting nice and neat on the surface...if you didn't know any better, you would have figured it was lowered down gently with a crane.
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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:48:53 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted : No it isn't sufficient shielding for spending several months moving between planets. The problem is time, it takes much longer to travel to Mars than going to the moon. The lunar Apollo missions lasted around 10 days (round trip), it can take between 150 to 300 days just to reach Mars.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:39:35 EDT

peterboro posted : Megan Fox = YUMMY

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:47:57 EDT

TLS2000 posted :

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoVkYuCiHsA
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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:19:55 EDT

dirtyjeffer posted :

said by Robrr:

They found carbon

»www.torontosun.com/2012/12/04/na···for-life

i thought this part was intriguing:

"The agency is working on spacecraft shielding and protocols to try to counter the effects of solar and cosmic radiation."

hmmm...you mean this isn't good enough? :uhh:

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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:10:27 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted : Not just carbon, they found organic carbon compounds!!!!!!!
(Anyone who gets overly excited over the term "organic" in this context never passed high school chemistry. ;) )

Its an interesting discovery, but one that doesn't meet the hype and buzz in the media.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:10:30 EDT

Robrr posted : They found carbon

»www.torontosun.com/2012/12/04/na···for-life

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:44:21 EDT

Gami00 posted : so.. what was the big news?

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:14:51 EDT

Xstar_Lumini posted : Yeah they found carbon and cesium in the soil..... this will be the ground-breaking news.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:15:08 EDT

anon posted :

said by Guspaz:

So, you've been reduced to trying to pass of random troll sites as real news now?

ah crap. I got taken. :o

Just noticed Slashdot called it a hoax. Didn't even notice the domain.

+1 to them

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:52:02 EDT

Anav posted :

said by Guspaz:

So, you've been reduced to trying to pass of random troll sites as real news now?

Its quite understandable really when you consider that tabloids are just not published frequently enough and one does need their fill of fiction news.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:41:56 EDT

Guspaz posted : So, you've been reduced to trying to pass of random troll sites as real news now?
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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:27:11 EDT

anon posted : They discovered.... PLASTIC!
»nasaupdatecenter.us/press.html

... Last week Curiosity was able to use its SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) device to confirm the discovery. A robotic arm with a complex system of Spectral Analysis devices was able to vaporize and identify gasses from the sample, concluding that it is in fact plastic. How plastic formed or ended up on the Martian surface is quite an exciting mystery that sparks many questions. The type of plastic sampled as we know so far can only be formed using petrochemicals, meaning not only that there could possibly be a source of oil on the Red Planet, but that somehow it got turned into plastic. Even more interesting is that oil or petrochemicals used to create this type of plastic are only known to come from ancient fossilized organic materials, such as zooplankton and algae, which geochemical processes convert into oil pointing to the earthshaking evidence that there was once life on mars. ...

Thus there was life on Mars! That is, to our limited understanding of how oil is formed.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:12:50 EDT

anon posted : NASA has now backpeddled.

NASA Sez:
Mars Curiosity Discovery is Not "Earthshaking", just "Interesting".

Please downgrade your homeland security alert colour.

»clevelandleader.com/node/19426

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:18:24 EDT

J E F F posted : Very angry indeed!

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:08:04 EDT

vue666 posted :

said by Guspaz:

Even the most optimistic guesses seem to be things like "found methane" or "found organic (contains carbon) mineral". These things don't confirm the former existence of life, simply that it may have been possible.

In other words, the absolute most important news we might get out of this is "NASA found some rock that may have at one point possibly contained life."

AKA, status quo, and they get to make a big deal out of it.

You mean the face on Cydonia is just an illusion after all... LOL

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:03:21 EDT

dirtyjeffer posted : hey, you have to drum up business for investment and funding somehow.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 17:01:36 EDT

Guspaz posted : Even the most optimistic guesses seem to be things like "found methane" or "found organic (contains carbon) mineral". These things don't confirm the former existence of life, simply that it may have been possible.

In other words, the absolute most important news we might get out of this is "NASA found some rock that may have at one point possibly contained life."

AKA, status quo, and they get to make a big deal out of it.
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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:25:26 EDT

Linklist posted : Expect any official announcements to be made between Dec 3 - 7.

»www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/···rganics/

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:40:04 EDT

EdmundGerber posted :

said by shrug :

They found life on mars.

Maybe if we give him back his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator, he'd chill the fuck out...

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:25:39 EDT

anon posted : They found life on mars.

What NASA found

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:25:32 EDT

anon posted : It's obvious.....

Mars... Needs... Women!!!

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNmwwz07ftA

:D :D :D

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:25:10 EDT

anon posted : Sh!t, they found my stash............

(Realistically tho, it's another let's make a big deal out of something inconsequential to justify the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. If it isn't the monolith, a Martian Club Med or a big-ass telescope pointed at Earth, then they ought to keep it to themselves.)

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:44:16 EDT

Thingamajig posted : Migawd! They found Hoffa.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:21:57 EDT

zod5000 posted : I doubt its life.

So I'm going with water.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:00:27 EDT

Guspaz posted : Breaking news, NASA is going to have a press conference! Which they do all the time!

Nothing to see here, move along. Last time NASA said they had some earth-shattering announcement to make, it turned out to be nothing important.

EDIT: In other words, everybody is hyping this up, but NASA never said anything about what they're going to announce, so everybody's imagination is running wild.
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Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:25:33 EDT

Anav posted : My Mars stock just went up. Oh wait, I have Mars chocolate bar company investments, not the dang planet. For a second there I too was excited.

My guess is that they discovered proof that life on mars, like man, suffered from flatulence.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:21:56 EDT

MaynardKrebs posted :

said by vue666:

Apparently they are tight lipped about what this major history breaking find on Mars is...but they will be announcing soon...

They found a 4 billion year old Twinkie in original packaging...... and it's as yummy as on the day it was made.

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:21:35 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted : Its a pair of dicks,
the first being the science guys which by their on admission are still looking at data, the second is the media that make an entire story about speculation.

At the same time, they're cautious because no one likes to make a big announcement and then have to say "never mind."

Um but making a big announcement about a big announcement is OK? :huh:

Re: Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:00:12 EDT

vue666 posted : This is no prank... CNN has the story...

»lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11···pt=hp_t3

Marcia just announced it on CTV News as well...

I'm really excited about this major find and can only speculate...

Breaking news - NASA makes major find on Mars

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:55:49 EDT

vue666 posted : Apparently they are tight lipped about what this major history breaking find on Mars is...but they will be announcing soon...

»www.techradar.com/news/world-of-···-1114544