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NASA's Mars Rover Found Mysterious Growths On Mars That Could Be The Biggest Discovery In Science
BI ^ | 2-5-2016

Posted on 02/05/2016 12:46:49 AM PST by blam

NASA's Spirit Mars Rover Found Mysterious Growths On Mars That Could Be The Biggest Discovery In Science

Jennifer Deal
February 5, 2016

Four billion years ago, Mars looked a lot like Earth does today. So it's not surprising that a team of scientists believe that they may have discovered the first signs of ancient alien life on the planet.

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(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: discovery; drake; exobiology; gilbertlevin; jackfarmer; labeledrelease; life; mars; marslife; marsrover; nasa; opalinesilica; panspermia; science; seti; stevenruff; xplanets
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To: blam

If Ares 3 had been an actual mission, the crew would have sought shelter either in the Hab or one of the rovers, and spent some time shoveling out. It would not have made a very compelling story.


21 posted on 02/05/2016 4:10:48 AM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Actually in was Mars by 1968 and Saturn by 1972. The first expeditions to A Centauri would be history and probes - manned or not - would be well under way ...

Thank the farsighted Mr. Nixon who saved all that money for the homeless, the hungry, the OSHA and the EPA. It was for the children, you know.


22 posted on 02/05/2016 4:26:55 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: blam

JUst asking, but how did you arrive at 10,000mph? Looked to me like 60-80mph wind speed, which seemed enough.


23 posted on 02/05/2016 4:29:15 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: CurlyDave

That’s a stretch ...


24 posted on 02/05/2016 4:30:03 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: blam

NASA is lying. But I repeat myself...


25 posted on 02/05/2016 4:32:06 AM PST by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: grania

and there is still no explanation for the Cambrian Explosion ... (where whole phyla appeared overnight (almost literally).


26 posted on 02/05/2016 4:33:14 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF
It was for the children, you know.

I remember that line of stuff.

Hey, it worked. We now have the fattest poor people in the world, and more than we ever had.

Just goes to show the Gubmint can get you something for your money.

27 posted on 02/05/2016 4:35:03 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: exDemMom

Actually back when the first Rover was exploring, it took an image of the face of a rock and then proceeded to grind the face off to see what was below. The face, before it was ground, showed what looked like a fossilized Sea Anemone ... The images may still be on NASA’s servers, but I haven’t looked in years.

NASA loves to play tricks on the public. For instance: Mars has a blue, not red, sky ... when the first color images came back to NASA’s painstakingly color corrected monitors, the moderator quickly adjusted the sky color to red ...


28 posted on 02/05/2016 4:40:43 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Poor - if one is truly poor by ‘world standards,’ then there is no change in your pocket.

Better to say the US has the fattest, laziest, freeloaders on the planet who are barely multiplying above the rate necessary to sustain the country. (Which is one reason why there is so much migration into the country).


29 posted on 02/05/2016 4:47:39 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: WTFOVR

Wow, how long did it take to write that pointless gibberish?


30 posted on 02/05/2016 4:53:09 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: Mr Apple
Your 14, good work, nice flight, nice landing...lol.,

LMAO...That's a pointless 15 minutes of his life he will never get back.

31 posted on 02/05/2016 4:55:10 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: blam
"the storm that caused all the damage and stranded Matt Damon (The Martian) there would have had to have winds in excess of 10,000 miles per hour."

Not quite. The formula for wind force (drag) on an object says that the wind force is proportional to the air density times velocity squared. The air pressure on Mars is about 0.6% of the pressure on earth, which is roughly proportional to the density, depending on the composition of the air. Assuming it's proportional, you get a wind speed of about 900 mph on Mars would be equivalent to a wind speed of 70 mph on earth. (70/(sqrt(.006))

32 posted on 02/05/2016 4:57:38 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: WTFOVR

That was a lot of effort for a Cruz/Trump joke.


33 posted on 02/05/2016 4:59:16 AM PST by Sawdring
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To: Sawdring
That was a lot of effort for a Cruz/Trump joke.

Yeah I bet it took 466.66666 seconds

34 posted on 02/05/2016 5:04:08 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: Keli Kilohana
...and there are noxious fumes around Uranus.

No doubt caused by Klingons!

35 posted on 02/05/2016 5:07:39 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: catfish1957

I hear that, lol.


36 posted on 02/05/2016 5:43:58 AM PST by Mr Apple ( bulk silver coins)
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To: PIF
"JUst asking, but how did you arrive at 10,000mph? Looked to me like 60-80mph wind speed, which seemed enough."

Probably from one of my science news magazines. I did find this though.

37 posted on 02/05/2016 5:53:13 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Mr Apple

“Speaking of Mars, send Mullah Obama and Hillary in orbit around Mars. And not come back.”

You do that and Gort will turn the world into a burned out cinder.

Klaatu wasn’t joking.


38 posted on 02/05/2016 5:57:27 AM PST by IMR 4350
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To: blam

Wake me up when they find a 67 LS Corvette with 500 original miles.


39 posted on 02/05/2016 6:12:29 AM PST by biff
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To: catfish1957

You might have a rounding error at the end.


40 posted on 02/05/2016 7:48:17 AM PST by Sawdring
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