"We should go boldly where man has not gone before – fly by the comets, visit asteroids, visit the moon of Mars. There’s a monolith there. A very unusual structure on this little potato shaped object that goes around Mars once in seven hours. When people find out about that, they’re going to say "Who put that there?" Well, the universe put it there. If you choose, God put it there."

 

 

What He's Referencing....

TheSun.co.uk-

The rectangular structure — measuring five metres across — was photographed by a super high resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

 

The giant monolith juts out of the planet's surface casting a huge shadow below.

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But scientists at the University of Arizona have cast doubt on the discovery saying the huge object is a "boulder".

 

A spokesman for the university's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory said: "It would be unwise to refer to it as a 'monolith' or 'structure' because that implies something artificial, like it was put there by someone for example.

 

"In reality it's more likely that this boulder has been created by breaking away from the bedrock to create a rectangular-shaped feature."

Fascinating. I loved 2001 btw. One of my all time favorite flicks.

How long of a ride is it to Mars or its moon?

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How long of a ride is it to Mars or its moon?

For some reason I'm thinking I read about 4 years given today's technology.

Isnt it like a 6 year trip to mars?

How long of a ride is it to Mars or its moon?

Direct shot with a space probe is about 6 months.

I always thought it would be awesome to go to space, but than I watched Event Horizon. Now I think not.

Too bad I won't live long enough to see us figure out how to terraform Mars, that would be awesome.

I always thought it would be awesome to go to space, but than I watched Event Horizon. Now I think not.

That should just teach you not to see really bad movies.

 

That should just teach you not to see really bad movies.

Good sci-fi thrillers are hard to come by. I didn't think that one was too bad.

Too bad I won't live long enough to see us figure out how to terraform Mars, that would be awesome.

They can't fix the Earth's ozone layer; what makes you think that they can create a breathable atmosphere on a planet thousands of miles farther from the sun than the Earth?

They can't fix the Earth's ozone layer; what makes you think that they can create a breathable atmosphere on a planet thousands of miles farther from the sun than the Earth?

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We took care of the ozone layer problem. It just takes time to fully heal.

Good sci-fi thrillers are hard to come by. I didn't think that one was too bad.

 

I enjoyed the film. Now the Lost in Space movie was dog s***.

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We took care of the ozone layer problem. It just takes time to fully heal.

Yeah we finally got most of the women to stop using that damn aerosol hairspray... it'll fix it.

Can't we fire one of these suckers to go see it. I would rather risk R2/D2 first.

 

 

Yeah we finally got most of the women to stop using that damn aerosol hairspray... it'll fix it.

Yeah, but now a Bon Jovi or Def Leppard crowd just doesn't look the same.

Of course, that could be because of the mom jeans, too....

Wow! That's awesome! Which moon is this on? Phobos or Deimos?

 

I wonder if it's actually a plataeu-type formation.

They can't fix the Earth's ozone layer; what makes you think that they can create a breathable atmosphere on a planet thousands of miles farther from the sun than the Earth?

Total Recall, b****. That's what.

Total Recall, b****. That's what.

When you're suffocating to death, you look like a Muppet.

People will call it a money pit.

 

It probably will be quite an expensive undertaking, but I'd be willing to pay more taxes to see man on mars.

When you're suffocating to death, you look like a Muppet.

"GIVE THESE PEOPLE AIIIIIIIIIIIH!"

Good sci-fi thrillers are hard to come by. I didn't think that one was too bad.

 

I just feel like it was very similar to Sphere which was a great movie and better book. Event Horizon was 'ehh', I'd rather watch Sphere

I just feel like it was very similar to Sphere which was a great movie and better book. Event Horizon was 'ehh', I'd rather watch Sphere

I thought Sphere was a disappointing movie, but the book was definitely good. That was back when Chricton was actually writing stuff worth reading, not bad movie scripts for the SciFi channel.