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NASA Ponders Signs of Water-Bearing Mineral on Mars
Yahoo! News ^ | 2/26/04 | Gina Keating

Posted on 02/26/2004 5:58:10 PM PST by LibWhacker

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To: tet68
Maybe it's just a part of a rock, but in the other frames it sure looks like an impression.
Spirit pancam sol 50 or 51.
21 posted on 02/26/2004 7:08:55 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Fitzcarraldo
IF THAT IS NOT A TRILOBITE ON MARS IN THE TOP PICK, I WILL AGAIN SELL THE HOUSE.
22 posted on 02/26/2004 7:10:34 PM PST by Indie (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.")
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To: tet68
I wonder how long it would take on Mars for windblown dust to fill in an impression.
23 posted on 02/26/2004 7:10:34 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: tet68
Note the many stones with holes in them.
24 posted on 02/26/2004 7:13:50 PM PST by Indie (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.")
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Maybe they can get a DNA sample?

I'd like to believe, but it looks like the banded rocks they've previously found. Besides if rocks from MArs can end up on Earth, why not the reverse. If astronauts smuggled things aboard the manned flights, why couldn't a tech stow something in these unmanned missions to salt on Mars?

25 posted on 02/26/2004 7:15:03 PM PST by Paladin2 (Unix runs slower than DOS)
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To: Phil V.
That sure looks like a worm, They need to send a probe there with a higher power microscope that could see fossilized bacteria. Fascinating.
26 posted on 02/26/2004 7:15:11 PM PST by Brett66
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To: LibWhacker
Hadenuf observatory 8/30/03. Some of us can clearly see, even from our own backyards, that the chance of water on Mars, in one form or another is great. This very amateur image clearly shows the polar ice cap and some surface detail....


27 posted on 02/26/2004 7:19:52 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: LibWhacker
CO2 and H2O have both been identified in at least one of the polar caps. Water vapor is also present in the atmosphere, but only as trace. The bonanza would be to find deep deposits of permafrost over a significant area: that would be water that could form the basic resource for a future settlement.
28 posted on 02/26/2004 7:29:58 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Indie
How much you askin?
29 posted on 02/26/2004 7:31:30 PM PST by Licensed-To-Carry (John 14:6 - 14:9)
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To: Paladin2
Another thing - meteorite impacts on Earth could have thrown up debris, some of which could have reached Mars in the distant past.
30 posted on 02/26/2004 7:48:53 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Paladin2
Another thing - meteorite impacts on Earth could have thrown up debris, some of which could have reached Mars in the distant past.
31 posted on 02/26/2004 7:48:57 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Phil V.
Hmm...in the center, it looks like a outline of a rats' head!
32 posted on 02/26/2004 8:30:28 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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To: LibWhacker
Someone on FR the other day suggested you raid your kids' dresser drawers to find that pair they used at the last 3D movie they went to, lol.

That was me, and I mean it they work great. You could also find a showing of Spy-Kids 3D and pick up a pair that come with the price of the movie

33 posted on 02/26/2004 8:48:38 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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