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NASA Headquarters Mars Rover Opportunity Press Briefing March 2
SpaceRef.com ^ | 3/1/04

Posted on 03/01/2004 12:12:21 PM PST by LibWhacker

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Finally, maybe some answers.

Briefing, tomorrow, March 2nd @ 11 a.m. PST, click link below to watch it.

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

1 posted on 03/01/2004 12:12:21 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Rats, I''ll be in class!
2 posted on 03/01/2004 12:24:28 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: Phil V.
ping!
3 posted on 03/01/2004 12:25:01 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: LibWhacker
Oboy! Significant findings.
4 posted on 03/01/2004 12:25:09 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Keep an eye on it anyway, Ern . . . NASA changes its tv schedule willy nilly. So while they say it's tomorrow at 11am Pacific, it might not start until 1pm. At least that's been my experience with them. 'Ya gotta watch 'em like a hawk!
5 posted on 03/01/2004 12:29:40 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
Thanks!
6 posted on 03/01/2004 12:34:27 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: LibWhacker
I don't think they have this on the schedule !


Welcome to NASA Television. NASA TV provides real-time coverage of Agency activities and missions as well as resource video to the news media,
  NASA TV  
 
  NASA Television can be found on the satellite AMC 9, Transponder 9C, 85 degrees west longitude, vertical polarization downlink frequency - 3880 MHz, Audio is at 6.8 MHz.

The programs listed below are changes to the general NASA Television schedule. All programs subject to change without notice. All times are Eastern U.S. time.

February 2004 Daily Programming
11 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Expedition/ISS Commentary - JSC (Updates on the ISS Mission and Expedition Crews) (Replay at 7 p.m.)
12 p.m. - 1 p.m - NASA TV Video File (NASA Newsfeed for Broadcast Media) (Replays at 3,6 and 9 p.m. Also 12, 3,6 and 9 a.m.)

**ALL PROGRAMS MAY BE PRE-EMPTED OR RESCHEDULED WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE**

March

March 1, Monday
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Earth Crew Webcast - HQ (Education Series)

March 2, Tuesday
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - NASA's Office of Exploration Systems Presents NASA Day Briefings - HQ (Employee Information Event)

March 3, Wednesday
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Presidential Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Vision Public Hearing - HQ (Formal Public Question and Answer meeting)

March 4, Thursday
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Presidential Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Vision Public Hearing - HQ (Formal Public Question and Answer meeting)
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Presidential Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Vision Press Conference - HQ (Interactive Media briefing)


7 posted on 03/01/2004 12:38:16 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: LibWhacker; Phil V.
Significant findings from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity...

"Significant findings" from one of the Rovers.

In other words, a very specific finding of considerable importance. Not just a general impression...

Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Pass the rotini...

8 posted on 03/01/2004 12:44:25 PM PST by okie01 (www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
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I think I'm gonna have it on in the background from mid-morning on, just in case. Gotta hear what they have to say about the berries, and the rotini, and water, etc.!
9 posted on 03/01/2004 12:45:37 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: okie01

They have been hunting wabbits

10 posted on 03/01/2004 12:48:11 PM PST by CJ Wolf
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To: LibWhacker; Phil V.
I KNEW IT!

The Rotini pasta lives!!!!!
11 posted on 03/01/2004 12:56:51 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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To: Phil V.


12 posted on 03/01/2004 12:59:42 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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But seriously, imagine if they found some indisputable fossil in a photo, like a fish head, that could NOT be explained by geologic processes.
13 posted on 03/01/2004 1:11:24 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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To: LibWhacker
Bump for later watching.....
14 posted on 03/01/2004 1:14:54 PM PST by Brett66
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To: ElkGroveDan
> But seriously, imagine if they found some indisputable
> fossil in a photo, like a fish head, that could NOT be
> explained by geologic processes.

This would be an alien fossil.
Would it be that easy to conclusively identify it as such?

The gravimetric, solar/thermal and chemical environment
on Mar, even when it might have supported water-based
carbon-based life, would have been very different from
anything at anytime on Earth.

Of course, if all inanimate processes can be ruled out...
15 posted on 03/01/2004 1:20:28 PM PST by Boundless
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Well I used the fish as an example, but clearly there are fossil shapes that could excede the boundaries of geologic explanation.

I don't think it would be unreasonble to imagine multiple appendages or fins in an aqueous environment, or perhaps some sort of spinal structure, assuming life on the alien location had enough time to evolve that far.

16 posted on 03/01/2004 1:33:13 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (Fighting for Freedom and Having Fun)
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To: LibWhacker; okie01; Phil V.; RadioAstronomer; 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

17 posted on 03/01/2004 1:43:47 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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I think you're getting carried away here. Big news would be that there is, or was, water on Mars. I suspect that's what they've found. Going beyond that, there is a lot of chatter on space.com about a Viking Lander scientist who claims his test in 1976 found evidence of microbes on Mars. I'm guessing it's a bit early in the rover mission to say they've found microbes. But, that's as big as it will get. I'd wager huge dollars that there are no complex life form fossils. But the idea does get the blood flowing!
Even if it is the discovery of microbes, that's going to be a major event in history. It will be alongside Copernicus in terms of discovery, and our re-evaluating ourselves and our role in the universe!
Exciting stuff.
18 posted on 03/01/2004 1:49:44 PM PST by brownsfan (I didn't leave the democratic party, the democratic party left me.)
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To: brownsfan
See the link at post #17.
19 posted on 03/01/2004 2:02:09 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: okie01; LibWhacker; ElkGroveDan; brownsfan; Phil V.
See this:

NASA to Announce 'Significant Findings' of Water on Mars Tuesday!

20 posted on 03/01/2004 2:17:24 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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