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

Space DOT com ^ | 3-1-04 | Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer

[amom]

Ahhhh OK. Now it's official.

[eddie willers]

LOL...Ok....it's you!

Now for the real poop....
Did you off Buddy?

[Socks C.]

Did you off Buddy?

Not reaLLy.

1)      I thought th dumb sonofabitch wood look bouth ways
        before chasing after th ball.

2)      I honestly didn't see Slick comin round th bend.

3)      I thought Slick would hit th brakes.

2)      No loss, really . . . cats rul;e!!

[Alamo-Girl]

LOLOL! Thanks for the ping!

[Don Joe]

Can someone translate that into a form that doesn't make my eyes hurt?

[Reactionary]

There were vast oceans on Mars. The full story will not be known for decades.

That is my intuition, not my reason.

[Aracelis]

He put up a good fight, buT they gOt 'em . . .

Ummm...Phil didn't perhaps get caught with a hand lens and rock hammer, did he? He ran off with them a coupla days ago along with some of my canvas specimen bags. Kept babbling on about his "mission". Didn't have the heart to stop him.

[Aracelis]

The photo posted by Phil V. that started me thinking:

Looks very much like a terrestrial Archimedes bryozoa.

[FireTrack]

Excuse me, but just for the record, this is the first image of the "critter" posted on FR.

:-)

[Phil V.]

He put up a good fight, buT they gOt 'em . . .

HOW EMBARRASSING!
 

We shall speak no more of this, OK?

[FireTrack]

Looks like they've updated the 'Significant Findings' article on http://www.space.com

Speculation that the announcement might involve any discussion of biology has not been confirmed.

However, there have been repeated observations at the Opportunity site that have puzzled the Mars rover scientists. Using the rover’s Microscopic Imager, the strange spherules, thread-like features and even a larger object detected in rock outcrop have sparked scientific discussion -- both inside and outside of the Mars rover team -- as to whether they are tied to biology.

Poker-faced scientists

Last week at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California -- the control node and scientific nexus for both the Spirit and Opportunity rover work -- an air of excitement wafted through the facility.

Even from poker-faced scientists in-the-know about what "significant findings" are at the heart of tomorrow’s press briefing, mum was the word.

The teams of scientists that are engaged in rover operations are top-notch, said Ray Arvidson, Deputy Principal Investigator for the MER effort. "The best and brightest got here because they have been very careful about how they go about doing their science…and making sure they have data to bolster their arguments," he told SPACE.com .

Arvidson said that all sorts of arguments and hypotheses have been on the table, "from the ultra-conservative to ultra-liberal in terms of what’s been happening, particularly at the Opportunity site."

[Aracelis]

Uh, oh...mea culpa.

[af_vet_rr]

Even if it doesn't support life or never did (wouldn't surprise me if it did support life at some point), it's even more important in regards to human (Americans) landing and living there.

[wattsmag2]

Well, at least you didn't sing Psycho Killer.

[Aracelis]

Arvidson said that all sorts of arguments and hypotheses have been on the table, "from the ultra-conservative to ultra-liberal in terms of what’s been happening, particularly at the Opportunity site."

Translation: They're fightin' like cats and dogs, reminiscent of the "discussions" surrounding the advent of the plate tectonics hypothesis back in the '60s. There's probably Big Macs and fries flying as we speak. ;^)

[YourAdHere]

Interesting. A drop of water on Mars indicates life, yet a fetus in the womb does not.

[FireTrack]

There's probably Big Macs and fries flying as we speak. ;^)

LOL, Only if you can get a Big Mac on "whole wheat". Most of these guys are from Cornell.

[FireTrack]

Phil V. stereo and 3D images makes it all the more convincing!

[RightWhale]

It has that certain vagueness or vague certainty of pictures of Nessie.

[So Cal Rocket]

Picture on Mars:

Archimedes Bryozoa on Earth: