1 posted on
01/18/2005 6:25:32 PM PST by
BenLurkin
To: KevinDavis
In this image released Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, by NASA (news - web sites) taken by the Mars rover Opportunity, a basketball-size metal meteorite can be seen in the upper right of the image while part of the rover's heatshield is seen to the upper left. Opportunity came upon the meteorite last week while it was taking a look at a spacecraft shell that was jettisoned before landing after protecting the rover during its plunge through the Martian atmosphere. Tests performed during the weekend confirm it is a nickel-iron meteorite, said Steve Squyres, a Cornell University scientist who is the principal investigator for NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers mission. (AP Photo/HO, NASA)
2 posted on
01/18/2005 6:27:03 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(Big government is still a big problem.)
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
3 posted on
01/18/2005 6:28:46 PM PST by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: BenLurkin
Just keeps going and going and going!
Little surprised that Richard C. Hoagland didn't comment on this amazing discovery. Then again, I only caught him recently. Not to mention the Titan thing to talk about (and come up with a theory that Titan was colonized by aliens. Oooooooooooookay).
4 posted on
01/18/2005 6:34:06 PM PST by
Simmy2.5
(DUmmies in mourning. World is a better place.)
To: BenLurkin
13 posted on
01/19/2005 4:40:15 PM PST by
Prime Choice
(I have to keep my expectations low. I can't fake looking impressed.)
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