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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:26 PM Original message |
Mars lander discovers ice! |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ooohh, bright, shiny object to look at! |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank God now the astronauts can have their magaritas frozen |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here's a pic. It was just inches under the soil and the lander's retros blew the soil off. |
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PetrusMonsFormicarum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm there! |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-21-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Hell, |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. it doesn't look wet |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Whatever it is would have refrozen |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Neat. |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Of course rainbows can't freeze! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. And more specifically |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Oh goodie, a chance to post this pic... |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. ... |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It would have sublimed or refrozen. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Correct. We expect exposed water ice to sublimate under Martian polar conditions. n/t |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. But then it is perhaps surprising that such a thin detritus cover has prevented sublimation |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Can they briefly fire the engines just a little bit to see if it melts? n/t |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wouldn't it be embarassing if it turned out to be ordinary diamond? |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. I am cautiously pessimistic at the authenticity of the pictures. |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Why corporations? And why a waste of money? |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. what you don't think sending people to Mars |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. I'm going to baldly copy and paste |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dilithium crystals! |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Perhaps we can send Bush and Cheney to the mines then? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. kewl |
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FatDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-31-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
14. I thought we confirmed ice on the Martian poles long ago with good old-fashioned telescopes. |
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DramaOnHwy61 (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Not that this isn't cool, |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-20-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I'm thinking there should be water |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-19-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Naw, the ice seen by telescopes was solid CO2. n/t |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. Beautiful confirmation of the Gamma Ray Spectrometer predictions! |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. That could be the aluminum roof of a mobile home. n/t |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. The dirt is in the oven! |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. And....the oven isn't working. Great. |
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