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Rovers on Mars

 
 
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 3 Oct, 2012 01:06 pm
Sunbathing spiders?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/10/02/162147810/are-those-spidery-black-things-on-mars-dangerous-yup
cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 3 Oct, 2012 01:40 pm
@edgarblythe,
Shocked Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Yes, two-thirds down on the left where the white strip is located.
farmerman
 
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Reply Wed 3 Oct, 2012 01:57 pm
@cicerone imposter,
hmmm what is that stuff? whats the source JPL? I wanna send it under a closer examination lens .
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Setanta
 
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Reply Wed 3 Oct, 2012 02:10 pm
@edgarblythe,
We need to nuke that place so the evil aliens don't attack us. I always knew we couldn't trust that place.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 3 Oct, 2012 02:50 pm
It doesn't have the appearance of life to my uneducated eye.
cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 3 Oct, 2012 03:30 pm
@edgarblythe,
Based on probability, you're probably correct!
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 20 Nov, 2012 05:59 pm
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to learn what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest.

The discovery was made by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, NPR reported today (Nov. 20). SAM is the rover's onboard chemistry lab, and it's capable of identifying organic compounds — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it.

SAM apparently spotted something interesting in a soil sample Curiosity's huge robotic arm delivered to the instrument recently.

"This data is gonna be one for the history books," Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena, told NPR. "It's looking really good."

The rover team won't be ready to announce just what SAM found for several weeks, NPR reported, as scientists want to check and double-check the results. Indeed, Grotzinger confirmed to SPACE.com that the news will come out at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, which takes place Dec. 3-7 in San Francisco.
edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 20 Nov, 2012 07:26 pm
@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to learn what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest.

The discovery was made by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, NPR reported today (Nov. 20). SAM is the rover's onboard chemistry lab, and it's capable of identifying organic compounds — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it.

SAM apparently spotted something interesting in a soil sample Curiosity's huge robotic arm delivered to the instrument recently.

"This data is gonna be one for the history books," Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena, told NPR. "It's looking really good."

The rover team won't be ready to announce just what SAM found for several weeks, NPR reported, as scientists want to check and double-check the results. Indeed, Grotzinger confirmed to SPACE.com that the news will come out at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, which takes place Dec. 3-7 in San Francisco.

Is it too soon to speculate they have found proof of life on Mars? I guess it is wise to wait for an announcement.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Tue 20 Nov, 2012 10:05 pm
Another article tonight is putting the damper on the sensationalist reporting of my article. Seems I probably got excited needlessly.
farmerman
 
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Reply Wed 21 Nov, 2012 06:07 am
@edgarblythe,
They couldve found an important hydrocarbon or a carbon isotope consistent with life.





OR NOT
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 21 Nov, 2012 06:09 am
New information moves too slowly. I am old and anxious to get on with it.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Wed 21 Nov, 2012 03:16 pm
I'm getting anxious too. This rover isn't discovering new information fast enough for me. I want another "Martian Blueberry" experience.
cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Wed 21 Nov, 2012 03:23 pm
@rosborne979,
I think they are trying to figure out what they found; it's all new ground for them, and they must be running into conflicting theories. Patience, guys, I think they're trying their best with what they have.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jan, 2013 01:59 pm
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/928539/original.jpg
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/928541/original.jpg
New photos of Mars from NASA's Curiosity rover have sparked a buzz of discussion over an odd formation that some have dubbed a "flower" embedded in a Martian rock. The rover has also found a snake-like rock formation winding across the Red Planet's surface.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/06/mars-flower-nasa-curiosity-rover-photos_n_2420409.html?&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jan, 2013 02:01 pm
I like that broad landscape shot, but i don't see the "flower" in the first photo. Of course, my eyesight is not what it once was.
farmerman
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jan, 2013 02:10 pm
@Setanta,
I dont see the flower either. I was hoping it would have been a "Desert rose" which are common gypsum crystals found in evaporating laks and ponds in deserts
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jan, 2013 02:13 pm
I think they mean on the lower left, about an inch from either edge, on my screen.
farmerman
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jan, 2013 02:16 pm
@edgarblythe,
that little white thing? Can yu upsize the picture edgar?
Setanta
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jan, 2013 02:42 pm
@edgarblythe,
'K . . . i see it now that you mention it.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Sun 6 Jan, 2013 03:03 pm
@farmerman,
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/928534/thumbs/r-MARSFLOWER-large570.jpg?12
 

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