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NASA has a plan to put robot bees on Mars
FoxNews.com/Science ^
| Apr 9, 2018
| Rafi Letzter Staff Writer | LiveScience
Posted on 04/18/2018 7:42:50 AM PDT by ETL
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Sheila Jackson Lee wants to know if the bees will live in the hive that astronaut Neil Armstrong placed there in '69.
Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat!)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
From Texas's 18th district
On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]
Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.
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04/18/2018 7:42:50 AM PDT
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ETL
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04/18/2018 7:45:23 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR home page)
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04/18/2018 7:45:39 AM PDT
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Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say)
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From the article...
“One reason this idea is at all feasible: Mars’ low gravity. The planet has just one-third of Earth’s gravitational pull, offering the Marsbees an advantage despite the thin atmosphere.
The Guardian reported that these “bees” will not only map the Martian terrain but also collect samples of the planet’s thin air, in hopes of finding methane gas a possible sign of life. NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected low levels of the gas previously, Science reported, though whether it was biologically produced is unknown.”
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04/18/2018 7:47:53 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR home page)
To: ETL
Bees on Mars?
No picnics there.
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04/18/2018 7:48:04 AM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: ETL; Daffynition
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04/18/2018 7:49:47 AM PDT
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Ezekiel
(All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
To: Puppage
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posted on
04/18/2018 7:50:06 AM PDT
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bagster
(Even pompous jackals love their mama.)
To: ETL
Wouldn’t regular drones we already have be less expensive?
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posted on
04/18/2018 7:50:29 AM PDT
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jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: ETL
"...bees on Mars..."
The esteemed astronaut/botanist Dr. Matthew P. Damon has shown us we can raise crops of food on Mars, so it only makes sense we get bees up there, ASAP.
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04/18/2018 7:50:41 AM PDT
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Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: ETL
Don’t bees require an actual atmosphere to fly?
Their wings need to actually have something to use. If there is no atmosphere, there is nothing for the wings to “hit” when they flap, so they won’t work.
Is there an atmosphere on Mars? I thought there was not.
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04/18/2018 7:55:39 AM PDT
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cba123
( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
To: ETL
Lets send robot Wombats to Mars.
I dont even remember what a Wombat is, but robot Wombat is almost poetry.
Sounds like a good name for an album.....
Robot Wombats From Mars!
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04/18/2018 7:58:08 AM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: cba123
Mars has a very thin atmosphere ~.6% of Earth’s sea level atmosphere.
Mars also has a bit over 1/3 G, so those wings would have to be pretty big for the size of the flying machine.
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04/18/2018 7:59:30 AM PDT
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Little Ray
(Freedom Before Security!)
To: blueunicorn6
What if we populated Mars with Wookies and Canklesauruses?
Would that work?
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04/18/2018 8:00:27 AM PDT
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bagster
(Even pompous jackals love their mama.)
To: cba123
There is an atmosphere, but it only has a fraction of the density of Earths atmosphere at sea level.
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04/18/2018 8:02:13 AM PDT
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reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: ETL
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04/18/2018 8:06:57 AM PDT
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aquila48
To: ETL
...collect samples of the planets thin air, in hopes of finding methane gas a possible sign of life. It farts, therefore it is...
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04/18/2018 8:10:29 AM PDT
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WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: ETL
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04/18/2018 8:11:53 AM PDT
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upchuck
(Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
To: bagster
According to some Martians I know, if we try to foist those two Grifters off on Mars, they will hit us with a planet-destroying ray.
Twice!
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04/18/2018 8:15:48 AM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Puppage
Don’t let Musk make them.
To: blueunicorn6
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04/18/2018 8:18:49 AM PDT
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upchuck
(Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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