southsider2k5 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/06/m...r.ap/index.html There are some pretty cool pics in there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 One step closer to live on mars....yessss, my land purchase on ebay is looking more and more valuable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Anybody else a little shocked that Tex and Flaxx aren't here getting all "geeky" on us??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDylan Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedeepsea Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 When do you think it will be possible to travel to other planets? I wonder............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 question from the non-science major in PA, why do they use gold plated stuff in space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sox4lifeinPA Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 QUOTE(mr_genius @ Dec 7, 2006 -> 05:17 PM) it makes stuff look really cool. Bling aside... does gold corrode slower or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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