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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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To: Frank_Discussion
PULL MY FINGER!
21 posted on 03/30/2004 12:34:03 PM PST by b4its2late (I love defenseless animals, especially in a good gravy.)
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To: RightWhale
Oh Reeeeally? Hmmm... Yanking a story about Cydonia is always puzzling.
22 posted on 03/30/2004 12:35:16 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: b4its2late
No, Grab my TENTACLE!
23 posted on 03/30/2004 12:36:27 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Frank_Discussion
A large exporter of Methane:


24 posted on 03/30/2004 12:36:39 PM PST by Bush Cheney
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To: Bush Cheney
"I can't talk now. We've got Cows!"
25 posted on 03/30/2004 12:37:37 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: cspackler
Actually, methane is odorless.
26 posted on 03/30/2004 12:37:56 PM PST by Sloth (We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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To: Sloth
Not the way I make it...
27 posted on 03/30/2004 12:38:25 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Lando Lincoln
Martian gas is the worst!

Kinda of a red/brown gas haze there ? With a whiff of methane ?

Yeah that would be bad, like a west Texas duststorm after a chili eating contest.

28 posted on 03/30/2004 12:38:38 PM PST by Centurion2000 (Resolve to perform what you must; perform without fail that what you resolve.)
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To: Frank_Discussion
Take a look: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html.

Replaced with an orthodox science page.

29 posted on 03/30/2004 12:38:44 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: RightWhale
I would hope the lead scientist reads some of Thomas Golds books (The Deep Hot Biosphere or The Myth of Fossil Fuel) so he has a better understanding of the carbon universe he lives in.
30 posted on 03/30/2004 12:38:47 PM PST by norraad ("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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To: Frank_Discussion
Hey, don't look at me!!
31 posted on 03/30/2004 12:39:27 PM PST by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: norraad
He's a highly capable scientist and reads widely.
32 posted on 03/30/2004 12:40:37 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Frank_Discussion
Maybe those round objects in the Martian soil ain't blueberries after all...
33 posted on 03/30/2004 12:40:57 PM PST by dirtboy (Howard, we hardly knew ye. Not that we're complaining, mind you...)
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To: RightWhale
So I see. Off to http://www.enterprisemission.com I go!
34 posted on 03/30/2004 12:41:57 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: cspackler
Nice!
35 posted on 03/30/2004 12:42:17 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: dirtboy
LOL!

Well, we were chasing the Martian bunny there for a while...
36 posted on 03/30/2004 12:42:59 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Frank_Discussion
"A most common method of generation is BIOLOGY!

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I guess Martians break wind every once in a while.
37 posted on 03/30/2004 12:43:06 PM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: MineralMan
Methane could be trapped in the water ice and be slowly dispersed, the same way methane hydrates are released from Earth's ocean floor.
38 posted on 03/30/2004 12:45:56 PM PST by Fitzcarraldo
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To: Fitzcarraldo
Methane could be trapped in the water ice and be slowly dispersed, the same way methane hydrates are released from Earth's ocean floor.

There you go again, injecting science into this discussion :^)

39 posted on 03/30/2004 12:49:07 PM PST by dirtboy (Howard, we hardly knew ye. Not that we're complaining, mind you...)
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To: Frank_Discussion
Supposedly true story. Many years ago (when decent society frowned on such things as public gas release) a man called on a pretty young thing in a nice part of town.

As he waited in the parlor, making polite small talk with the young woman's parents, he knew he was in trouble, for he felt powerful pneumatic pressure from an earlier meal building within.

There were oil lanterns burning in the parlor, so he wasn't too concerned about fragrance, but the sound of release would be a problem. He looked around and devised a desperate and clever plan.

He noticed the door to the kitchen was standing open. He decided he would nonchalantly stroll to the door and close it vigorously -- vigorously enough to make a loud slamming noise, masking his simultaneous release.

So as he continued small talk with the girl's parents, he made his way to the door. In an Oscar-worthy performance, he casually noticed the door standing open, and -- with a helpful look on his face -- grasped it and whisked it strongly aside to close it. Anticipating the slam, he simultaneously he loosed the string and released his abdominal pressure.

Unfortunately the door swung silently through its frame and back into the kitchen -- it was a swinging door. The parents were treated to a loud "Brraaapppp!" as it swung through its arc.

I do not have any details on what followed.

40 posted on 03/30/2004 12:49:14 PM PST by In_25_words_or_less (It's more a guideline than a rule ;o)
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