Spirit Finds Possible Evidence of Water on Mars

Voice of America ^ | 1/9/04 | David McAlary

[Straight Vermonter]

the U.S. Spirit spacecraft has found possible evidence that water once flowed on the now-barren planet

Wow possible evidence.

[RightWhale]

Carbonates? Good enough. Let's start building the crewship. We have a new world to inhabit.

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[dirtboy]

Carbonates? Good enough. Let's start building the crewship. We have a new world to inhabit.

Plus, they can set up a Coca-Cola distributorship once they arrive.

[blam]

"We have a new world to inhabit."

Amen. The only way humans will survive.

[RightWhale]

Seriesly, simple stuff like that would have a huge market value on earth until the novelty wore off.

[Drammach]

No mention of the mud..

As the lander "skidded" to a halt, it apparently peeled a layer of soil up and turned it over somewhat like a plow in a field.
In effect, muddy topsoil.

At least one scientist was interested in getting a closer look at it..
If the satellite photos are correct, water is present just below the surface of this crater..
Thus, the mud..

[blam]

Send a comet or asteroid hurling into your favorite planet

[bolobaby]

"We have a new world to inhabit."
Amen. The only way humans will survive.

Exactly. Space is the key resource that we lack. People need good fences and BIG YARDS to be good neighbors.

[LibWhacker]

The stuff would be worth its weight in . . . Well, bottled water from Mars! Nothing else would even come close. First cup would go for a million at least.

[RightWhale]

Ye$$$$$, indeed.

[LibWhacker]

Yes, I heard the skid marks were dark. Very interesting. Very exciting.

[Moonman62]

In effect, muddy topsoil.

I think it's too cold for that.

[Johnny_Cipher]

If the satellite photos are correct, water is present just below the surface of this crater. Thus, the mud.

Mud with an average surface temperature of -60C? Even the garden spots on the planet reach no higher than about -8C. If its mud, then its a compound like nothing I've ever cleaned off my boots.

[RightWhale]

Mars needs geologists, but even more important, it needs chemists. The materials are there and need to be remade into something a settlement could use.

[Johnny_Cipher]

The materials are there and need to be remade into something a settlement could use.

Not to mention the tacky souvenirs. The proceeds from those alone could make Microsoft's gross look like Juan's Taco Stand after a bout of ptomaine.

[LibWhacker]

Okay, all you Doubting Thomas's . . . Whaddya gonna say when the Rover's undercarriage looks like this after traveling a few hundred feet across the crater floor, hmmmm? :-)

[blam]

"Whaddya gonna say when the Rover's undercarriage looks like this after traveling a few hundred feet across the crater floor, hmmmm? :-)"

That would be good news.

[Doc On The Bay]

NAW!

It Doesn't Matter WHAT the "Rover "Finds,"--the 'Dems & 'Weasel-Minds'' will NEVER See Enough Evidence to "justify" the "Astronomical Expense" of a "Manned Mission,"--ANYWHERE!

IF our "Species" would "Go to the Stars," we will DO SO "OVER THE OBJECTION OF" our "Hard-Headed Realists."

Our "Dreamers" Move us On--our "Relists" remind Us of the "MUD" from which we Originate.

We NEED "Realists."

We ALSO need "Dreamers!!"

Doc