Marsward Ho!
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
2 posted on
11/15/2005 6:48:56 PM PST by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
Mars is in dire need of some good old fashioned global warming.
3 posted on
11/15/2005 6:51:42 PM PST by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: KevinDavis
"pure water evaporates from ice to gas so quickly that it skips the liquid phase."
Why do science popularizers insist on dumbing things down to the point of using the wrong terminology? If the water changes from the solid to the gaseous state, without becoming a liquid; it hasn't evaporated -- it has sublimated. Why not just say so, and avoid confusing people?
It's not like it's that hard to learn a new word, and "sublimation" is a useful concept to know about. It explains freezer-burn. It explains why most of the snow in the far north doesn't melt in the spring -- it just disappears through sublimation.
To: KevinDavis
28 degrees Celsius? That's pretty comfortable... 82.4 degrees Farenheit. And no humidity! ;)
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