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NASA Scientists Perplexed by Mysterious Mars Rock Unlike Anything They've Ever Seen Before [UPDATE]
clevelandleader.com ^
| January 19, 2014 - 6:25pm
| Julie Kent on
Posted on 01/19/2014 4:05:03 PM PST by BenLurkin
Lead Mars Exploration rover scientist Steve Squyres describes the rock as looking like a large jelly donut, explaining:
““It looks white around the edge in the middle and there’s a low spot in the center that’s dark red – it looks like a jelly doughnut.” ”
The instruments on NASA's Opportunity rover that are analyzing the rock are sending back to Earth data that is as mysterious as the jelly donut-like rock itself. Squyres says:
“It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before. It’s very high in sulphur, it’s very high in magnesium, its got twice as much manganese as we’ve ever seen in anything on Mars."
(Excerpt) Read more at clevelandleader.com ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa; opportunity; stevesquyres
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:05:03 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Looks like a gum wrapper.
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:08:03 PM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
To: BenLurkin
Damn aliens are throwing rocks at our rover. That’s just a dick move.
To: BenLurkin
1. churned up; 2. meteor originated; 3. photo shop.
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:09:16 PM PST
by
gusopol3
To: Future Snake Eater
Just wait until they steal the rims and leave the rover up on blocks.
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:09:31 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Vermont Lt
It’s an expended Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator round.
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:10:17 PM PST
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: gusopol3
I was going with #3 until this article. The rover had drilled a piece and analyzed it.
So meteorite it is.
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:10:37 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: saganite
8
posted on
01/19/2014 4:11:23 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:11:25 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Jealousy is when you count someone else's blessings instead of your own.)
To: BenLurkin
10
posted on
01/19/2014 4:11:32 PM PST
by
svcw
(Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
To: BenLurkin
‘...there’s a low spot in the center that’s dark red – it looks like a jelly doughnut.”’
Elvis was there???
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:12:44 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: BenLurkin
““It looks white around the edge in the middle and there’s a low spot in the center that’s dark red – it looks like a jelly doughnut.” ”
Es ist mein Berliner!
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:13:18 PM PST
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:14:26 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(;http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:16:56 PM PST
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: BenLurkin
Elvis needs donuts.
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:17:49 PM PST
by
MuttTheHoople
(Nothing is more savage and brutal than justifiably angry Americans. DonÂ’t believe me? Ask the Germa)
To: BenLurkin
Close-up of Mars rock.
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:19:28 PM PST
by
JPG
(Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Es ist mein Berliner!Now that's the best line I've read all day!
P.S. I'm sure there's a "bismark" line in there somewhere as well...
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:19:46 PM PST
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: BenLurkin
"The Opportunity's working fine. I'll let NASA know after I finish...hey, where'd the rest of that donut go?"
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:24:11 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:24:59 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Elvis was there??? Christie...
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posted on
01/19/2014 4:25:52 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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