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Mars Rover Opportunity Makes 'Significant' Finding
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| 3/1/04
| Gina Keating - Reuters
Posted on 03/01/2004 7:57:32 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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This image was taken by Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's front hazard-avoidance camera, providing a circular sign of the success of the rover's first grinding of a rock. The round, shallow hole seen in this image is on a rock dubbed 'McKittrick,' located in the 'El Capitan' area of the larger outcrop near Opportunity's landing site.(NASA (news - web sites)/JPL)
To: NormsRevenge
Do the rovers have microscopes capable of seeing Martian single celled bugs? Do they have life detection experiements on them?
To: NormsRevenge
I think they found this
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:02:42 PM PST
by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: NormsRevenge
The Martian ambassador has agreed to destroy all of Mars's WMDs. The Democrats state that our invasion of Iraq had nothing to do with it and it won't make us safer anyway.
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:02:46 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(The idea of five Supreme Court justices appointed by President Kerry chills me to the bone.)
To: NormsRevenge
I guess I should be excited. Don't know why I'm not. I figure that because of cost they "have to" find something :')
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:02:51 PM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: All
These shots are from the Mars Rover site,images section,,
Opportunity :: Panoramic Camera :: Sol 036 |
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Right Panoramic Camera Non-linearized Full frame EDR acquired on Sol 36 of Opportunity's mission to Meridiani Planum at approximately 13:06:41 Mars local solar time, camera commanded to use Filter 1 (719 nm). NASA/JPL/Cornell
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:03:12 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... NO NO NO NO on Props 55-58)
To: Dialup Llama
Didn't Bill Clinton make an announcement that they had found evidence of life on Mars, but it turned out to be far from conclusive?
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:03:22 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Dialup Llama
We're seeing a lot more than single cell stuff...
To: NormsRevenge
Opportunity :: Panoramic Camera :: Sol 036 |
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Left Panoramic Camera Non-linearized Full frame EDR acquired on Sol 36 of Opportunity's mission to Meridiani Planum at approximately 09:16:13 Mars local solar time, camera commanded to use Filter 2 (754 nm). NASA/JPL/Cornell
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:06:45 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... NO NO NO NO on Props 55-58)
To: Dialup Llama
Do the rovers have microscopes capable of seeing Martian single celled bugs? Do they have life detection experiements on them?
Nope. Absolutely nothing on the Rovers is specifically designed to look for life. It's designed to look for evidence of past water.
Beagle was, however.
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:07:43 PM PST
by
John H K
To: Dialup Llama
Viking lander had Life Detection equipment on board. The experiments indicated the presence of life.
To: NormsRevenge
Appears NASA will just miss the Long John silvers Mars challenge :^(
Long John Silver's announced on January 16 that it will give America free Giant Shrimp if NASA's Mars Exploration Rover project finds conclusive evidence of an ocean on Mars by February 29, 2004. With the successful landing of a second Rover, America can now pull for either "Spirit" or "Opportunity" to find conclusive evidence of an ocean.
To: Williams
Eh, I wouldn't expect an announcement of life at all.
Simply conclusive evidence of standing liquid water or true water-generated sedimentary rocks on Mars would be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the space program, and, indeed, the whole century.
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:09:17 PM PST
by
John H K
To: NeonKnight
The experiments indicated the presence of life.
No, it didn't.
There's one retired Viking scientist, I believe, who insists it did. I haven't researched the story enough to really comment on his possible kookiness (and yes, legit scientists can and do go "kooky.")
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:10:45 PM PST
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John H K
To: John H K
Yes, NASA may have some very BIG news for us tomorrow!
Major space ping!
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:10:48 PM PST
by
Skywarner
(Freedom isn't Free. Remember our WWII vets!)
To: Skywarner
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:13:04 PM PST
by
Skywarner
(Freedom isn't Free. Remember our WWII vets!)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Looks like spirit is checking out the T-Rex skull discovered on Mars :-\ lol .. That's a very interesting rock formation.
Spirit :: Front Hazcam :: Sol 057 |
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Left Front Hazard Camera Non-linearized Downsampled EDR acquired on Sol 57 of Spirit's mission to Gusev Crater at approximately 11:05:53 Mars local solar time. NASA/JPL
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:13:11 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... NO NO NO NO on Props 55-58)
To: NormsRevenge
Wired Magazine has a fascinating article on a place on the earth that has no visible sign of life. They have been checking it for years, they believe it mimics Mars very well! The Chile Desert in South America: Mars on Earth
In the middle of the driest desert in the world, NASA gets ready to invade the Red Planet.
By David L. Chandler
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:13:31 PM PST
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
To: John H K; Dialup Llama
Do the rovers have microscopes capable of seeing Martian single celled bugs? Do they have life detection experiments on them? ~ Dialup Llama
Nope. Absolutely nothing on the Rovers is specifically designed to look for life. It's designed to look for evidence of past water. ~ John H K
And yet, it looks like it may be in a sea of fossils:
Mars rover Daily Updates -Spirit Making Ground - Opportunity-A Beautiful Grind
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:14:35 PM PST
by
null and void
(Or we could just be deluding ourselves...)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/01/2004 8:15:00 PM PST
by
ambrose
("John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands" - Lt. Col. Oliver North)
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