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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 09:01 PM Original message |
Scientists believe Mars lander exposed ice crumbs |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is a good sign... |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. So's this! |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. There's a third possibility. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was just at JPL last week where the Mars Space Lab is now under way. |
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ReverendDeuce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. My ALMOST contrarian viewpoint... |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. They've uncovered The Other One! |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Or The New Potato Caboose |
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The Liberal Thinker (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. It looked to me like they'd uncovered some surface. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. There are many crystalline materials that could have evaporated or sublimed |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Right, but water is high on the list. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. $420M to find out that there's a little bit of ice on Mars? |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 03:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. $420 million = two DAYS in Iraq |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. This $20 mil has employed hundreds of people and furthered our understanding |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I had a person say to me recently we should stop NASA programs and focus on creating jobs |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I assume he ignored all that and repeated his initial statement? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. He actually said he'd never thought it that way before |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. At least it gives us some decent jobs |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. There will always be problems here on Earth |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. If it was water ice, how could a few inches of soil have kept it from subliming? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:03 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. It kept direct sunlight off it? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Just don't let Bush get near it with a straw |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. Could it be solidified CO2? |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 07:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Good discussion here: |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks! |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. thanks for the link |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. Ice, salt... And still looking for the tequila, triple sec, lime juice... |
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Darkseid69 (285 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. Pic of the exposed ice disappearing |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. This pic proves nothing. There are shadows that are changing. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. For God's Sake, They're Not Trying to Prove Something to You |
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PfcHammer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. NASA's not telling the complete story |
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