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NASA News Conference on Mars~~~ Live Thread
Fox | March 2 2004

Posted on 03/02/2004 10:59:40 AM PST by Dog

NASA is to hold a news conference at 2 pm eastern announcing a major discovery/finding from the Rovers.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mars; nasa
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To: RightWhale
Thanks for the Coast to Coast heads up.. that should be interesting is right.
201 posted on 03/02/2004 12:04:06 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... NO NO NO NO on Props 55-58)
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To: John H K
Ancient sand worms

202 posted on 03/02/2004 12:04:37 PM PST by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: RightWhale
Dr. Tom Van Flandern is a serous scientist. Thanks for the heads-up on the show.


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203 posted on 03/02/2004 12:05:01 PM PST by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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To: Miss Marple
"Is there a ping list for Mars threads?"

Yes, I think Phil V. and Justpiper have ping lists.

204 posted on 03/02/2004 12:05:01 PM PST by Truth29
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To: evets
It's a Go'uld!
205 posted on 03/02/2004 12:05:04 PM PST by John H K
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To: NormsRevenge
"...a small patch of Martian soil..."

Nice close-up of a roofing shingle.
206 posted on 03/02/2004 12:05:33 PM PST by beelzepug
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To: Joe Hadenuf
But how far underground would you have to go to find liquid water (as opposed to frozen?) I would have to think that the average subsurface temperature of Mars is pretty low.
207 posted on 03/02/2004 12:06:03 PM PST by green iguana (“There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.” – William James)
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To: Robe
It's one of the pics taken by Mars global surveyor.
208 posted on 03/02/2004 12:07:33 PM PST by djf
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To: Diogenesis
Well, Van Flandern is still a kook, despite having a legitimate science education.

209 posted on 03/02/2004 12:08:29 PM PST by John H K
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To: Robe
A geologist here says that is not a fossil.
210 posted on 03/02/2004 12:10:50 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: dmz
You ain't one of them ropes are yuh?
211 posted on 03/02/2004 12:11:45 PM PST by null and void
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To: green iguana
I assume Mars has a hot core similar to the earth. I forgot the change in temperature of the earth going to the core but would guess a nice equation exists as a theoretical.
212 posted on 03/02/2004 12:11:51 PM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Diogenesis
He used to be until he retired. Now he is actively stretching the envelope.
213 posted on 03/02/2004 12:12:38 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: djf
They just said they do not have the capibility on the rovers to analize organics.....but did speculate that organic life COULD exist in the conditions found.
The absence of any Bio types (on the panel) sems to give the impression that they weren't looking for any bio's on this mission.
Now that they may have stumbled upon something interesting they can't investigate it properly to come on out and say "WE FOUND LIFE FORMS"
214 posted on 03/02/2004 12:16:11 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire with meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: green iguana
The next robot with a drill will go down 2 meters. Is that enough to strike water? I think they would have to be lucky to find water at that depth. Maybe 200 feet would do it.
215 posted on 03/02/2004 12:17:03 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Robe
The absence of any Bio types (on the panel)

One of the panel members has an extensive history of papers discussing exobiology in detail, I forget which one.

216 posted on 03/02/2004 12:19:12 PM PST by John H K
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To: Robe
Possbility that absence of bios on the panel was to keep the media from asking him/her direct questions? Is the media here (I'm cubicle bound, and jumping off and on as folks walk by).
217 posted on 03/02/2004 12:19:32 PM PST by mabelkitty (If Kerry is so "electable", then why are Democrats afraid of Nader?)
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To: fivecatsandadog
I'm waiting for them to announce that evidence of old civilizations on Mars exists .... i.e., which packed up and left in a hurry.... for Earth....

Oh...my...goodness...MARS was ATLANTIS!

218 posted on 03/02/2004 12:19:42 PM PST by searchandrecovery (Justice is the final pillar to fall.)
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To: John H K
They haven't said a single word about current water on Mars.

I wasn't able to see any of the news conference, however, the implications and mounting evidence seem clear, that there may be water beneath the Martian surface. If all this is true, the planet has been through some great changes. Those changes could have included life in the past. Personally I believe they will eventually locate microorganisms on it's surface or below the surface.

It's a terrible shame the UK lander was lost, as it probably would have answered some of the biological questions by now.

219 posted on 03/02/2004 12:20:01 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: John H K
"Well, Van Flandern is still a kook, despite having a legitimate science education. "

Well, in the case of water on Mars, it seems those called "kook" correctly commented on water on Mars
for several years before NASA took them seriously and discovered they were right.


220 posted on 03/02/2004 12:20:06 PM PST by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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