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Curiosity Has Hit a Martian Mineral Jackpot
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| Ian O'Neill
Posted on 04/02/2015 12:08:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Cincinatus
So they have absolutely no idea if it is worth much or anything and considering the cost to get there it is worth nothing.
“Jackpot” in what sense? Scientific discovery I can see but not really a jackpot... Significant scientific discovery, yes.
Misleading headline. I’m quibbling I know but I’m in a foul mood about being misled and deception and foolishness in general.
To: BenLurkin
So that's where they come from ...
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posted on
04/02/2015 1:43:50 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Liberty Valance
Gold!
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posted on
04/02/2015 2:12:51 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
The tough mineral veins were formed in Mars' ancient wet past...
...which ironically is entirely imaginary. The wet Martian past meme resembles the global warming drumbeat. Extra to APoD.
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posted on
04/02/2015 2:53:37 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: vetvetdoug
Even if there were gold nodules all over the ground, the cost of the mars mission would exceed the value of what they could bring back. More important would be iron and other metallic ores - stuff that would be useful if we established a permanent colony.
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:36:55 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
To: SunkenCiv
I’ll believe the “wet past” when they find shale.
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:40:39 PM PDT
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henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: Sequoyah101
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:50:54 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SauronOfMordor
Earth First!
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(We’ll mine the other planets later.)
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:53:36 PM PDT
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21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
To: henkster
Or maybe fossilized remains of a scuba-diver.
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:54:47 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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posted on
04/02/2015 3:58:30 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: Sequoyah101
Blake said, "Telegraph Peak has almost no evidence of clay minerals, the hematite is nearly gone and jarosite abundance is down. The big thing about this sample is the huge amount of cristobalite, at about 10 percent or more of the crystalline material." Cristobalite is a mineral form of silica. The sample also contains a small amount of quartz, another form of silica. Among the possibilities are that some process removed other ingredients, leaving an enrichment of silica behind; or that dissolved silica was delivered by fluid transport; or that the cristobalite formed elsewhere and was deposited with the original sediment.NASA's Curiosity Eyes Prominent Mineral Veins on Mars
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04/02/2015 4:33:16 PM PDT
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dr_lew
To: dr_lew
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posted on
04/02/2015 6:44:33 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: BenLurkin
Another fossilized Martian ...
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posted on
04/03/2015 4:51:42 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: SunkenCiv
Thank you for the extra to the APoD.
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04/03/2015 6:05:08 AM PDT
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TheOldLady
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