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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.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100409095818/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee

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[Puppage]

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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.”

[blueunicorn6]

Bees on Mars?

No picnics there.

[Ezekiel]

[jeffc]

Wouldn’t regular drones we already have be less expensive?

[Blue Jays]

"...bees on Mars..."

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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.

[cba123]

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.

[blueunicorn6]

Let’s send robot Wombats to Mars.

I don’t even remember what a Wombat is, but robot Wombat is almost poetry.

Sounds like a good name for an album.....

Robot Wombats From Mars!

[aquila48]

[upchuck]

Related - different source - posted on 4/5/18:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3645138/posts

[dfwgator]

I was sent from planet Gyron to conquer the Earth
I had a terrific plan
I thought it would work
Tried to get the earthlings all to kill each other
You see
But it all went wrong and now I must decree

You are worthless, Alec Baldwin
You are worthless, Alec Baldwin
You failed in every way and now my stock in you has fallen.
Your career is stalling’ and you’re worthless, Alec Baldwin
That’s why I blew your head off
And your children are all ballin’

Planet Gyron is inhabited with Zypods like me
But also with Balmacks who are giant bees
The Zypods and the Balmacks are at constant war
So we wanted a new home and that’s what Earth was for

But you are worthless, Alec Baldwin
You are worthless, Alec Baldwin
You f___ed up my whole plan
And now Gyron is smeared with Balmack Pollen
Your garbage needs some haulin’
And you’re worthless, Alec Baldwin
Now I must return home a failure
I’m afraid the pit of Kryrok is calling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGeLnX3aj40

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Sheila Lee Jackson, Yale graduate.

(They deserve each other.)

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[Slyfox]

What if the Martians already have Bee Eaters?

[Zathras]

They won’t be able to fly as atmosphere is too thin and can’t recharge as no solar panels.
Another NASA pipe dream, looking for gov $$$$

[Blood of Tyrants]

Is this feasible with the thin atmosphere on Mars? The atmosphere on the surface is only 0.087 psi. That is the equivalent of earth’s atmosphere at 110,000 feet.

[rednesss]

They should take a page from the X-Files and use cockroaches instead.

War of the Coprophages is a pretty good episode.