Martian teardrop carved in crater

NewScientist.com news service ^ | 18:04 24 August 04 | Maggie McKee

[Mr. Mojo]

Someone alert Richard Hoagland.

On second thought, don't.

[ckilmer]

who is Richard Hoagland

[Mr. Mojo]

Some freak who's made a living selling the "Face on Mars" nonsense.

[ckilmer]

I don't think anything like that is being claimed here.

the resolution is too good for any confusion

[Mr. Mojo]

Yeah, I know.

Cool formation.

[Simmy2.5]

Looks pretty cool.

As for Richard C. Hoagland...well, he probably already knows about this one, and is currently ready with another one of his absurb theories.

[Simmy2.5]

He's probably going to claim that some ailen carved this out to show their sadness of Mars losing it's atmosphere. :-P

[broadsword]

Richard Hoagland: "Clearly evidence that our ancient Martian ancestors were artists as well as advanced scientists is this teardrop expression of their failing atmosphere, probably caused by global warming from the activities of their most prosperous society. Therefore, we should elect John Kerry and shut down America's economy. It's the only way we are going to survive. Besides, George Bush is part of the evil conspiracy to oppress all my ridiculous nonsense from getting out to the gullible public."

[Mr. Mojo]

< / chortle> .....And he'll use "sacred geometry" to "prove" it.

[Stag]

That's some teardrop...12 km long. I'd hate to see the eye it came from

[broadsword]

LOL! You beat me to it while I was typing.

(I'm too darned slow!)

[knarf]

It's tailess sperm ... the water dried up, the tails shriveled off and life ceased to exist on Mars.

A few got away in special rockets and made it here to become Democrats.

[Luke]

We went all the way to Mars to see this? At least with the Tenn-Tom which cost 10 billion and ten years to complete we got some great fishing spots.

We need to hire some help for all those folks in Washington who tell us how to spend our tax dollars.

[ckilmer]

I think was done by the european space agency.(their money)

[ckilmer]

I'm starting to grieve now.

[ckilmer]

don't see no 19

[aruanan]

Some freak who's made a living selling the "Face on Mars" nonsense.

Ah, the immense sense of self-importance one gets by calling someone else a freak.

[Mr. Mojo]

You an expert on that?

[Simmy2.5]

:-P

I guess I did beat you. However, you put more detail in Richard C. Hoagland's response. In terms of which is the better response, you get the points.

That being said, IMO, the only thing Richard C. Hoagland cares about in politics is, whomever gets us to Mars to prove (disprove. *Snicker*) his crazy theories. True, he probably believes some of the crazy conspiracies surrounding Bush. But, since Bush announced the Moon/Mars plan, he's actually semi-happy about that (though he probably wants it to be immediate. :-/).