December 6, 200619 yr And they are saying it could have been as recently as a few years ago... The press confrence is at 1 pm EST for those who are interested.
December 6, 200619 yr Author http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/06/m...r.ap/index.html There are some pretty cool pics in there as well.
December 6, 200619 yr One step closer to live on mars....yessss, my land purchase on ebay is looking more and more valuable
December 6, 200619 yr QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 12:35 PM) One step closer to live on mars....yessss, my land purchase on ebay is looking more and more valuable I bought one of those deeds at a star trek convention like 10 years ago. Anyway, still call me skeptical at this point. Pictures are one thing, especially when coming from the MOC, which is a pretty low resolution. There are probably a bunch of ways that one could make sediment appear to change color during a 5 year period without actually having water flowing at the surface, and it would certainly be an interesting process to get it to flow downhill without rapidly freezing and then sublimating. Anyway, this'll be a great place to see what the camera on the MRO can do.
December 7, 200619 yr Anybody else a little shocked that Tex and Flaxx aren't here getting all "geeky" on us???
December 7, 200619 yr Anyone want to tell me just how difficult it would be to send a human to Mars? I'd prefer a detailed answer but dumbed down. Thanks, yo.
December 7, 200619 yr Author QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Dec 6, 2006 -> 09:09 PM) Anybody else a little shocked that Tex and Flaxx aren't here getting all "geeky" on us??? When I posted this, I was thinking it had Flaxx written all over it
December 7, 200619 yr QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Dec 7, 2006 -> 08:45 AM) When I posted this, I was thinking it had Flaxx written all over it Flaxx has been busy with job interviews and putting out work-related fires, but is nonetheless excitited by this improbable and extraordinary discovery.
December 7, 200619 yr When do you think it will be possible to travel to other planets? I wonder.............
December 7, 200619 yr question from the non-science major in PA, why do they use gold plated stuff in space?
December 7, 200619 yr QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 7, 2006 -> 11:29 AM) question from the non-science major in PA, why do they use gold plated stuff in space? it makes stuff look really cool.
December 7, 200619 yr QUOTE(mr_genius @ Dec 7, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) it makes stuff look really cool. Bling aside... does gold corrode slower or something?
December 7, 200619 yr QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Dec 7, 2006 -> 02:28 PM) Bling aside... does gold corrode slower or something? Actually, I believe that there are several benefits to gold. First, it is an excellent reflector of incident radiation, in both the visible and IR bands, which would help to protect the equipment from being bombarded by light/heat while in space. It is also a good conductor, which i can imagine would be useful to prevent charges from building up on the surface of the ship, and it was quite easily applied (the thickness of the gold layer on the outside of the mylar is reputedly something like 500 angstroms)
December 7, 200619 yr Saw the pictures on TV earlier. Not really sold. They erosions could easily be made by winds or something, unless wind isn't possible in space.
December 7, 200619 yr QUOTE(Brian @ Dec 7, 2006 -> 04:42 PM) Saw the pictures on TV earlier. Not really sold. They erosions could easily be made by winds or something, unless wind isn't possible in space. solar winds
December 8, 200619 yr QUOTE(mr_genius @ Dec 7, 2006 -> 02:49 PM) solar winds That's a fundamentally different phenomenon than this. Those are high energy particles which are ejected from the Sun. Mars, amongst several planets, actually has enough gravity to sustain an atmosphere, which does allow for wind, and some fairly gigantic dust storms to boot.
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