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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #25 on: May 25, 2008, 11:51:58 PM »
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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #26 on: May 26, 2008, 09:53:10 AM »
Quote from: gcb on May 25, 2008, 11:51:12 PM
didn't saddam put his WMDs on the moon?

Didn't you get the memo?  We never landed on the moon.  :)
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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #27 on: May 26, 2008, 11:37:31 AM »
"May 25: A portion of the Martian landscape is seen from the Phoenix Mars Lander after it landed on the planet."

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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #28 on: May 26, 2008, 11:39:25 AM »
that picture was clearly taken in Arizona or Sonora.  And what's the silver post in the distance?  ???


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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #29 on: May 26, 2008, 02:35:22 PM »
just showed my friend who is a stage director the picture taken from mars, me and him both think something does not look right

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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #30 on: May 27, 2008, 09:00:45 AM »
"The lander took a photo of the ground's polygonal pattern, similar to icy ground in the arctic regions of Earth."

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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #31 on: May 27, 2008, 11:05:49 AM »
There are two important reasons for engaging in space exploration:

one. It is basic scientific research.  Basic scientific research leads to practical uses for what you discover.

Two.  If you can build a device that can go to another planet and move around and analyze rock, you  can build a device that can go somewhere and blow something to hell and back.
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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #32 on: May 27, 2008, 05:22:03 PM »
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Re: Probe lands on Mars, NASA says Story
« Reply #33 on: May 31, 2008, 05:37:59 PM »
Phoenix Lander May Have Uncovered Ice on Mars' Surface
Saturday, May 31, 2008



May 31: Exhaust from Mars Lander descent engine has blown soil off surface to reveal either rock or ice.


TUCSON, Ariz. —  Scientists overseeing the Phoenix Mars Lander said Saturday they believe the spacecraft's thrusters uncovered a large patch of ice on the Martian surface.

That bodes well for the mission's main goal of digging up ice and testing it for evidence of organic compounds that are the chemical building blocks of life.

Project scientists can't yet be completely certain but have reached a consensus that the material is ice that had been covered by just a few inches of dirt, said Peter Smith, a University of Arizona scientist who is the chief project investigator.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,361171,00.html

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