[Starstruck]

Just a reminder. Mars will be at its closest point to Earth on April 8th. It will be moving from the east (9pm CDT)and across the southern sky the rest of the night.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I guess you’re gonna tell me that no existing technology can get Sheila Jackson-Lee there in time?

[Verginius Rufus]

Mars unimaginatively rises in the east and sets in the west, like the sun, moon, planets, and stars, just as it did before Jan. 20, 2009. So much for Obama's promise of change.

Curiously enough, on Mars the Martian moon Phobos would appear to rise in the west and set in the east, because its orbit around the planet is less than one Martian day.

Both of Mars' moons were discovered by an American, Asaph Hall, and I believe the discovery was made from what was later Cheney's house.

[BenLurkin]

Bump!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! I’m going to link back to your post in a minute.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Closest approach is the 14th.