Posted on 06/06/2018 8:39:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been on the Red Planet for a long, long time. Back in March it tallied its 2,000th Martian day, which is 2,054 Earth days, and despite some drilling woes that have since been solved, the plucky little rover is still cruising along and conducting experiments in the name of science.
Now, just days after NASA revealed that its new drilling technique works as planned, the agency is calling for a press conference to reveal something special. As always, the group is tight-lipped about what it has in store, but it will be holding its event this coming Thursday, June 7th, to talk all about it.
So, put simply, we don’t know exactly what is going on, but it’s somehow related to Mars and more specifically the aging Curiosity rover
(Excerpt) Read more at bgr.com ...
Could be signs of life.
Paul Mahaffy is the Principal Investigator (PI) on the Sample Analysis at Mars Instrument Suite on the Curiosity Rover currently operating on the surface of Mars.
Jennifer Eigenbrode is a biogeochemist and geologist with expertise in organic and isotope biogeochemistry and interests in astrobiology. She specializes in the use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS) in the analysis of lipids and other hydrocarbons in rocks, ice, and biological samples.
Chris Webster
JPL Fellow and Senior Research Scientist
Research Interests
Mars chemistry and habitability, isotope ratio biomarkers
Ashwin Vasavada
MSL Project Scientist
Research Interests
Geologic studies of Mars with regard to surface properties, volatiles, and climate history
The lost Ark!
Mueller season. Fire!
A river
A Mars bar.
“Judge Crater”? No pun intended.
If you don’t know the story, look him up.
And its wider than a mile
Dead cockroach!
Your lucky. I do have a sister, and Møøse once bit her.
Last one, an IHob.
You made the pancake on my bunny’s head shake.
My extra set of cars keys that have been missing for about 15 years?
Stormy Daniels? She’s been missing for a while.
The real killer of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman?
The silverware the Clintons stole from the White House when they left?
The Lost Dutchman Mine?
The JFK-Marilyn Monroe tapes?
Ted Kennedy’s secret correspondence with the Kremlin?
John Kerry’s real serve record and administrative punishment hearing transcipts?
Something less exciting than the speculation.
a wing and a prayer
sham rocks
Fire!
The flag that Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee said we left behind?
my favorite martian
I hope to God it’s their pride
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