(Untitled)- June 30, 2008 More silly guesswork on my part: This life on Mars thing sure opens a can of worms, any way you look at it. I'm darned certain it's there, but the conditions under which it formed pique my curiosity and imagination. As there are no extensive salt flats, I'm guessing the water - which would have had to be in substantial quantities to result in the erosion seen - must have soaked in before a great deal evaporated, as evaporation would have left the tell-tale salt deposits. That limits the...http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-71786-.html (Untitled)- June 30, 2008 Well, what the heck: there's a lot of nonsense posted on this forum, so I guess I won't be too far out of line if I add a bit more! On this Mars water thing...I'm not seeing any salt flats that should be there if there had been any lakesoceans that lasted for any great length of time. Yet the erosion visible suggests large volumes of water, presumably over a long period of time. So why not salt flats The only explanation I can imagine is that the water "soaked in" before it became highly...http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-71780-.html Atmopsheric composition results- June 28, 2008 Has anyone seen or heard the Mars atmospheric composition results A while back the Phoenix scientists said it had to be run before TEGA started cooking, but I haven't seen or heard anything. I'm mostly interested to see if methane has been re-discovered in the atmosphere of Mars for the third time (after 1969 and 2004). Finding methane would be a big deal.http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-71698-atmopsheric-composition-results.html Breaking News: Russians Have Lander on Mars- June 27, 2008 Russia has apparently held a secret space program, which consisted of several missions to the terrestrial planets. NASA's mars rover has apparently captures one of the Russian astronauts exploring the surface of Mars. The Russian Federations Space Program has reports that Mars has at one point been hospitable for life. Source:http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-breaking-news-russians-have-lander-on-mars.html terraforming ez- June 27, 2008 my info Lets send an ass lode of asparagus seeds to mars so it terraforms the planit!!!!http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-71623-terraforming-ez.html Phoenix Finds 'Garden Soil'- June 27, 2008 http:phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu06_26_pr.php http:www.space.comscienceastronomy080626-phoenix-update.html http:news.nationalgeographic.comnews200806080626-mars-lander.htmlhttp://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-71620-phoenix-finds-garden-soil.html Mars Air once had Moisture- June 26, 2008 good read folks of the Blog http:www.astrobiology.com yt dxhttp://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-71587-mars-air-once-had-moisture.html Congrats- June 25, 2008 So, FOUR YEARS after the 90 day mission began, I'd like to say congratulations to JPL, NASA, the whole MarsRoverBlog and especially Horton. It just hit me seeing a reply to a post from 2004 - we have 3 active craft on the surface, several in orbit and this board hit 100,000 visits. Space is the place, folks. Thanks for all the LOLs, trolls and thoughtful discussion. :shock:http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-71560-congrats.html Soil Scoop Zooms- June 21, 2008 Thought I would start a new topic on this apparently standard observation: A RAC RGBD focus zoom sequence of soil on the edge of the scoop. I laughed and laughed when I finally understood what the sequence was. I first thought this was an attempt to look under the lander and couldn't "make sense" of the results. Anyway, some pretty bizarre, clumps of, er, yeah, that's it -- clumps of dry dust... This version has a comment link to the animated version. ( I was going to call the topic..http://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-soil-scoop-zooms.html GLAST Safely in Orbit, Getting Check-ups- June 21, 2008 Less than a week after launch, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is safely up-and-running well in orbit approximately 350 miles (565 kilometers) above Earth's surface..... read more; http:www.nasa.govmission_pagesGLASTnewssafe_orbit.htmlhttp://www.marsroverblog.com/discuss-glast-safely-in-orbit-getting-checkups.html |