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NASA denies there are living 'insect- and reptile-like creatures' on Mars
Fox News ^ | November 21 2019 | Chris Ciaccia

Posted on 11/21/2019 7:46:51 AM PST by knighthawk

NASA has vehemently denied that there are living "insect- and reptile-like creatures" on Mars, after a professor at Ohio University made the controversial claim earlier this week.

"The collective general opinion of the large majority of the scientific community is that current conditions on the surface of Mars are not suitable for liquid water or complex life," Alana Johnson, NASA's Public Affairs Officer, said in a statement to Fox News.

Johnson added that one of NASA's objectives is "the search for life in the universe" and with the upcoming Mars 2020 rover, the government space agency hopes to take the next steps "in exploring the potential of past life on the Red Planet."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alanajohnson; astronomy; cultofmars; mars; nasa; notmyfault; ohiouniversity; richardhoaxland; science
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To: philman_36

“so the flag appears as “normal””

That’s a flawed process too. After all, if Mars’ atmosphere has a reddish hue (which seems to be the case), then if you were on the surface, the white in the flag logo would not appear white, but reddish. Therefore, correcting the photo to make it appear white would not give you the true colors as they would appear to you on the surface.


61 posted on 11/21/2019 11:12:09 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Army Air Corps; BenLurkin; Blood of Tyrants; Bonemaker; Boogieman; BuffaloJack; bgill; ...
The normal hue of the sky during the daytime is a pinkish-red; however, in the vicinity of the setting or rising sun it is blue. This is the exact opposite of the situation on Earth. However, during the day the sky is a yellow-brown "butterscotch" color . On Mars , Rayleigh scattering is usually a very small effect... Since Mars is at roughly 1.5 astronomical units from the Sun, the amount of light on the surface is about half that on our planet. Under low illumination conditions, our eyes shift sensitivity towards blue because we change from using color-sensitive “cone” cells to color-blind “rod” cells. This is known as the Purkinje effect. Hence, the first astronaut landed on Mars would probably describe its sky even bluer than one might expect.
What color is the sky on Mars? Astrophysicist Santiago Pérez-Hoyos about the Mars' atmosphere, Pancam instrument, and Purkinje effect. | FAQ | October 19, 2016
The atmospheric pressure at the surface of Mars is about what is found at 40 miles altitude over the Earth.

62 posted on 11/21/2019 11:15:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: knighthawk
"The collective general opinion of the large majority of the scientific community is that current conditions on the surface of Mars are not suitable for liquid water or complex life," Alana Johnson, NASA's Public Affairs Officer, said in a statement to Fox News.


63 posted on 11/21/2019 11:17:37 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did they ask her, “What’s a ‘chalkboard’?”....................


64 posted on 11/21/2019 11:43:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: SunkenCiv
The atmospheric pressure at the surface of Mars is about what is found at 40 miles altitude over the Earth.

Which would kill you first if you were kicked out of an air lock naked on Mars Remember a habitat on Mars would not be kept at 1 standard Earth atmosphere. It would be more likely at the pressure of a airliner at 30,000 feet which is the air pressure at about 7000 feet.

Freeze to death

Blood boil

Asphyxiate.

Brain hemorrhage/stroke.

65 posted on 11/21/2019 12:31:37 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Pontiac
Remember that there are no Earth habitats on Mars, and that the surface conditions won't support anything other than microbial life -- no humanoids, no insects, none of Arthur C. Clarke's banyan trees.

66 posted on 11/21/2019 1:36:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Red Badger
:^) Nope, because then they'd have to clean the erasers. At least they'd wind up with some job skills.

67 posted on 11/21/2019 1:40:12 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

It was of course a hypothetical question.


68 posted on 11/21/2019 1:41:18 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: SunkenCiv

I haven’t seen a ‘chalkboard’ in a school for decades.

All ours use dry erase markers now...................


69 posted on 11/21/2019 1:41:22 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Pontiac

The pressure is equivalent to Earth at 100,000 feet. The atmosphere is predominantly carbon dioxide, but at that pressure it doesn’t matter. Your blood boils as you asphyxiate, without a pressure suit.


70 posted on 11/21/2019 2:06:05 PM PST by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: Pontiac
Ah, now I see, there was no q-mark, so it liked like a declarative sentence, though confusing.

71 posted on 11/21/2019 2:13:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: null and void

Maybe Bug wasn’t there


72 posted on 11/21/2019 4:46:54 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: null and void

“Don’t let out Yog-Sothoth” how many times do we have to tell them not to leave the Eldritch abomination pen open!


73 posted on 11/21/2019 6:34:39 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

ping


74 posted on 11/21/2019 6:43:43 PM PST by Craftmore
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To: knighthawk

So there are probably “insect/reptile like creatures” there.


75 posted on 11/22/2019 11:07:59 AM PST by hummingbird (US = Koyaanisqatsi.)
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To: knighthawk
The collective general opinion of the large majority of the scientific community...

Run away when you read this sort of thing.

If we suppress all discussion, all criticism, proclaiming "This is the answer, my friends; man is saved!" we will doom humanity for a long time to the chains of authority, confined to the limits of our present imagination. It has been done so many times before. - Richard Feynman

76 posted on 11/22/2019 11:28:28 AM PST by Billthedrill
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