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  • MetalDog 28 Sep 2012 10:08:10 23,448 posts
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    There's a load of frozen oxygen and carbon dioxide at the poles. I've heard that if you poured water on the regolith, formerly frozen oxygen would boil out of the soil before re-freezing. Shame it doesn't have the magnetosphere necessary to protect an atmosphere pressurised enough for us, but if it did and warmed up a bit there's certainly plenty of potential gasses lying around ready to fill it up.

    -- boobs do nothing for me, I want moustaches and chest hair.

  • Salaman 4 Oct 2012 14:00:21 16,599 posts
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    Besides excellent tweets, Curiosity is also providing some great posts on foursquare.

    Who's got six wheels, a laser and is now exploring the Red Planet? Me. I'm Curiosity, NASA's latest Mars rover.

    Tip:
    Mars is cold, dry and rocky. Extra moisturizer and sturdy shoes would be a good idea, plus oxygen for those of you who breathe.

    One check-in closer to being Mayor of Mars!
  • ronuds 4 Oct 2012 21:59:41 20,553 posts
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    Just saw this. Pretty amazing!

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/spidery-black-objects-mars-surface-raise-speculation-184239849.html



    Edited by ronuds at 22:00:21 04-10-2012
  • Ged42 4 Oct 2012 22:22:38 7,408 posts
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    I bet they look so cool from the ground, they need to send a rover over to film it.

    The FOOOOM noise must be fantastic

    Edited by Ged42 at 22:25:40 04-10-2012
  • Salaman 9 Oct 2012 14:13:47 16,599 posts
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    Oops. A bit might have fallen off. Apparently they spotted a shiny object whilst it was doing some work on soil samples or some such. They're stopping the research until they can figure out if this came from Curiosity itself.
    Curiosity Rover ‏@MarsCuriosity
    Team spotted bright object on ground near me—possibly a piece of rover hardware? Gathering more data
    Isn't there a comedy sketch with that line? "The front fell off."

    Edited by Salaman at 14:14:07 09-10-2012

    Edited by Salaman at 14:14:47 09-10-2012
  • Fake_Blood 21 Nov 2012 18:06:37 2,991 posts
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    They've found something.
  • SolidSCB 21 Nov 2012 18:15:46 4,533 posts
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    I hope it's something big enough to really get our arses in gear about actually going there ourselves.
  • Steve_Perry 21 Nov 2012 18:20:47 620 posts
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    Daily Maillol are saying won't be revealed till next month??

    :(
  • ecureuil 21 Nov 2012 18:28:18 74,170 posts
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    Microbes.
  • ILoveThrashMetal 21 Nov 2012 18:42:50 300 posts
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    Yes I've heard faint rumblings that they could have found some forms of what would have been life.
    But with it being the biggest discovery ever they are checking and re checking and re re re checking and then some.
    Exciting times!

    Arsechickens

  • Steve_Perry 21 Nov 2012 18:45:20 620 posts
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    Most exciting. If they find evidence of past life, surely a manned mission will be in the offing?

    Get your ass to mars.
  • DaM 21 Nov 2012 18:46:39 11,759 posts
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    I've got too excited about stuff like this in the past, I'm not expecting too much.

    Evidence of watery past maybe?

    I'll be surprised if they don't find evidence of either fossil or actual bacterial life, they have been found everywhere we've looked on Earth, in places thought it would be impossible for them to survive.
  • Ged42 21 Nov 2012 18:58:54 7,408 posts
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    The delay is because they're rechecking and not because they've suddenly lost contact with the rover?

    Edited by Ged42 at 18:59:24 21-11-2012
  • ILoveThrashMetal 21 Nov 2012 19:11:16 300 posts
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    Steve_Perry wrote:
    Most exciting. If they find evidence of past life, surely a manned mission will be in the offing?

    Get your ass to mars.
    The pesky Russians and Europeans are apparently getting together to do just that. Unmanned rover type thing in the next few years then hopefully a manned flight in the not to distant future.

    Arsechickens

  • DaM 21 Nov 2012 21:42:31 11,759 posts
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    Word from the Rover itself (it has a Facebook page!) - "What did I discover on Mars? That rumors spread fast online. My team considers this whole mission 'one for the history books.'"
  • mcmonkeyplc 21 Nov 2012 21:53:16 35,883 posts
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    Calm yourselves!

    Come and get it cumslingers!

  • LeoliansBro 30 Jan 2013 16:17:28 35,125 posts
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    Wonderful little article.

    LB, you really are a massive geek.

  • wobbly_Bob 13 Mar 2013 18:40:22 861 posts
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    NASA - Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars
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    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20130312.html

    Cool article.

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