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Mars Express Confirms Methane in the Martian Atmosphere
European Space Agency via NASA Watch ^
| Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Posted on 03/30/2004 12:25:47 PM PST by Frank_Discussion
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This is very interesting. I think the most intriguing part is that Methane doesn't remain in the Martian atmosphere very long, so it seems that it is being generated somehow. A most common method of generation is BIOLOGY!
To: Frank_Discussion
Methane, unless it is continuously produced by a source, only survives in the Martian atmosphere for a few hundreds of years because it quickly oxidises to form water and carbon dioxide, both present in the Martian atmosphere. So, there must be a mechanism that refills the atmosphere with methane. Marvin eating chili on Satudays?
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:28:11 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(Howard, we hardly knew ye. Not that we're complaining, mind you...)
To: Frank_Discussion
AHA!
Cows killed the Martians!
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:28:16 PM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Frank_Discussion
It wasn't me!
It wasn't me!
It wasn't me!
It wasn't me!
It wasn't me!
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:28:59 PM PST
by
WhiteGuy
(Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press...)
To: dirtboy
This is going to be a fun thread. :)
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:29:20 PM PST
by
murdoog
(I changed my tagline back)
To: Frank_Discussion
Don't cows produce methane? ;-)
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:29:54 PM PST
by
Moonman62
To: dirtboy
Yes, he's been using the Habenero Demodulator-Transmogrifier DX-10!
;-)
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:29:57 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Proof for the existence of politics on Mars?
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:30:01 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Voting Bush because there is no reasonable alternative)
To: Frank_Discussion
Mars Express is doing very well. Did they image the Cydonia region yet?
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:30:30 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: WhiteGuy
I guess it was the dog, then.
To: WhiteGuy
He who dealt it smelt it! (Nice hang time, BTW!)
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:31:00 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: WhiteGuy; hchutch; Dog Gone
He who smelt it, dealt it.
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:31:40 PM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: thoughtomator
Proof for the existence of politics on Mars?Nah, just Ted the Swimmer....
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:31:44 PM PST
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: WhiteGuy
It wasn't me! Geez, light a match, pal! 8^)
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:32:13 PM PST
by
AngryJawa
(Whatever.)
To: Frank_Discussion
Martian gas is the worst!
Lando 
To: Frank_Discussion
I am wondering about Cydonia because they were supposed to image it, and they had an article 15 Mar, but it was pulled.
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:32:36 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: RightWhale
Were they supposed to look Mount Hoagland and environs? That might be neat, as I expect the cameras and scanners to be pretty discerning.
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:32:50 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Frank_Discussion
Only one possible explanation...
To: Frank_Discussion
Great, a couple hundred million bucks to prove that Mars smells like a frat house.... </sarcasm>
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:33:52 PM PST
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: Frank_Discussion
Yes, the lead scientist said he would do it early in the mission.
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posted on
03/30/2004 12:33:56 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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