Mars Rovers Near Five Years of Science and Discovery

www.physorg.com ^ | 12-30-2008 | Provided by NASA

[Edizzl79]

Ah yes, organisms. If these fools would just pick up a bible they would realize they are wasting billions of dollars of our money on farce.

[LiberConservative]

“DADGUM Earthlings! Get those toys off my lawn!”

[The Sons of Liberty]

Some of it did.......Some of it went to pay for studies of cattle burps and some of it goes to pay Nancy Pelosi’s hair dresser...........

burps? I thought it wen to studying the OTHER end.

[Red Badger]

It did. I was being nice..........

[Yossarian]

Could you imagine how many more of these robot missions we could have had if we had not poured our money down the International Space Station rathole? Sorry if I have offended some folks. I scratch my head at the ISS - it's a nice place to prove some technology, but at what cost?

Thanks for the software to run these rovers. I wish I worked on cool stuff like this.

Well, just to be clear, my software isn't ON the rovers. The guy at JPL that designed the imagers USED my company's software, that I was writing.

I try to remind myself of this triumph when I have to deal with the massive ups and downs that can nail you here in the Silicon Valley. To be honest I've had a huge number of projects get cancelled on me, after expending blood, sweat, tears, and much time that I could have spent working out, meeting girls, and raising a family.

You have to hang on to the victories where you find them.

[Yossarian]

(Trying again with corrected formtting....)

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Could you imagine how many more of these robot missions we could have had if we had not poured our money down the International Space Station rathole?

I scratch my head at the ISS - it's a nice place to prove some technology, but at what cost?

Thanks for the software to run these rovers. I wish I worked on cool stuff like this.

Well, just to be clear, my software isn't ON the rovers. The guy at JPL that designed the imagers USED my company's software, that I was writing.

I try to remind myself of this triumph when I have to deal with the massive ups and downs that can nail you here in the Silicon Valley. To be honest I've had a huge number of projects get cancelled on me, after expending blood, sweat, tears, and much time that I could have spent working out, meeting girls, and raising a family.

You have to hang on to the victories where you find them.

[TonyStark]

Well, thanks... ...but to be honest it's all just part of a massive project to use my entire career as a shot at scoring Dr. Amy Mainzer's phone number.

OMG, I am like, *so* into hot science babes:

Ahem, I mean, I can certainly respect the progress made by women in the sciences.

[Yossarian]

Ahem, I mean, I can certainly respect the progress made by women in the sciences.

Yes, I watch the History Channel's "The Universe" quite regularly so I can fully appreciate her amazing... intellect.

[Erasmus]

As an engineer, I must say I am perturbed by the amount by which they overdesigned these things.

≤}B^)

[SuziQ]

It ain't braggin, if you've done it! Good job!
We love to watch the Science Channel and Discovery Channel shows about the Mars Rovers!

[SuziQ]

but to be honest it's all just part of a massive project to use my entire career as a shot at scoring Dr. Amy Mainzer's phone number.

*snort* ;o)

[Old Professer]

The Wastemakers, Vance Packard, 1976, Chapter 6...

[Tanniker Smith]

And in a bit of shameless bragging, I’ll mention that I wrote (along with a few others) the software used to design the imagers on these awesome rovers....

That, my fellow long-time Freeper, is definitely "brag-worthy". No shame needed.

[alexander_busek]

but what will proof of life on mars 4 billion years ago do for anyone on earth?

O ye of little imagination! Are you kidding?!

The discovery of extraterrestrial life (even if now extinct) would be the scientific breakthrough of the century! If the fossilized remains could be studied in-depth, imagine what surprises they might yield!

The mere realization that life arose elsewhere in the universe - that Earthly life was not, in this respect, "unique" - would be amazing!

Regards,

[UCANSEE2]