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NASA’s InSight beams back breathtakingly clear photo of Mars
https://nypost.com ^ | 11/27/2018 | Ben Feureherd

Posted on 11/27/2018 8:13:31 AM PST by heterosupremacist

NASA’s spacecraft that landed on Mars on Monday has beamed back its first clear photo of the desolate Red Planet.

“There’s a quiet beauty here. Looking forward to exploring my new home,” NASA tweeted late Monday, hours after its new InSight lander touched down.

The image came after the rover had earlier sent back a somewhat blurry photo. The space agency said that in the interim, the spacecraft had opened its solar panels, which allowed it to recharge its batteries for the mission.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; cgi; flatearthliar; flatearthliars; insight; mars; marsphotos; marsrobot; moviemagic; nasa; science; sciencehatersonfr; trolltagged
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To: PLMerite
Breathtaking view of the lander hardware.

Is that what it is? I thought it was a Martian sewage treatment plant.

21 posted on 11/27/2018 8:26:28 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

“Is that what it is? I thought it was a Martian sewage treatment plant.”

I shouldn’t make fun of it, there’s probably a few million bucks worth of handmade equipment in that shot.


22 posted on 11/27/2018 8:28:54 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: heterosupremacist

why do they always land where there’s NOTHING?

It’s like sending a lander to the middle of the Sahara desert to learn about earth.

Go to where the FACE is in Cydona for keeripes sake


23 posted on 11/27/2018 8:29:45 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Mr. K
My thoughts also. If the universe is "finely tuned for life", why are there no photos of Dejah Thoris hosting a picnic alongside the canal? Or of tharks in single combat to the death?

The universe of science fiction was finely tuned for life. Ours, rather less so.

24 posted on 11/27/2018 8:36:09 AM PST by John Locke
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To: Lazamataz

Yes, for $828 million, they could have done better!


25 posted on 11/27/2018 8:37:09 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Mr. K
why do they always land where there’s NOTHING?

If one would take a few minutes to actually read about the mission, this flat desolate location, with few rocks, hills etc, was intentionally targeted to meet the mission requirements. The location is so flat they landed the craft with only about 2 degrees off from being level, which was also critical to the mission.

26 posted on 11/27/2018 8:38:42 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: heterosupremacist

Still tinting the photos !


27 posted on 11/27/2018 8:38:49 AM PST by Celerity
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To: LibWhacker

It’s a symbol of American superiority and a lot more valuable than the fortune we spend on illegal aliens.


28 posted on 11/27/2018 8:40:51 AM PST by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: heterosupremacist

I still remember when we, as kids, were taught about the canals and life on Mars. Newspapers speculated about who made them, and what the inhabitants looked like.

Now they would not lie about such a thing. So, were are they?


29 posted on 11/27/2018 8:41:05 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: BenLurkin
😁
30 posted on 11/27/2018 8:44:44 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (:¬| Beep beep....boop boop)
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To: piasa

“Are they sure it didn’t land in west Texas?”

Not west Texas, not a Whataburger...


31 posted on 11/27/2018 8:45:06 AM PST by snoringbear (,W,E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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To: BenLurkin

I want $15.00 an hour to work there!


32 posted on 11/27/2018 8:48:48 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: heterosupremacist

Are those Florida ballots I see?


33 posted on 11/27/2018 8:50:13 AM PST by JZelle
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To: John Locke
If the universe is "finely tuned for life"

The Universe IS finely tuned for life.

One tiny, tiny change in G, or hbar, or c or half a dozen other constants and we couldn't possibly exist. There'd be no carbon, or no protons, or nothing but radiation, or a universe that lasted only a few hundred years.

The Anthropic principle doesn't mean that the entire Universe is livable.

It means that the universal constants are such that life can exist. Somewhere.

34 posted on 11/27/2018 8:52:23 AM PST by agere_contra (Please pray for Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: Mr. K
By the way, they've obtained thousands of images of the surface which are far from flat or unvaried. But this mission needed flat, sandy and as rock free as possible.

The view from Mount Sharp on Mars, as seen by the Curiosity rover on April 10, 2015. (Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

35 posted on 11/27/2018 8:52:51 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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I wonder if it can see Uranus from there....


36 posted on 11/27/2018 8:53:12 AM PST by llevrok (Vote while it's still legal)
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To: trebb

sometimes such stark pictures/vistas have the ability to trigger a poignancy in the viewer.

I’m a man, I can’t get poignant.


37 posted on 11/27/2018 8:54:17 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: heterosupremacist

In the very FIRST winter of the Mass. Bay Colony:

50% of everyone died

Lessay instead they had NO air, zero atmospheres of pressure, and it was less than 200 degrees below zero.

Oh! Also periodic bombardments of radiation.

Would the survivors be 50%, more than 50%, or less than 50%..?

How about after FIVE years..?

Yeah, I think we should go, but.....they reallllllly have their work cut out for them, lemme tell ya...


38 posted on 11/27/2018 8:55:53 AM PST by gaijin
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To: dfwgator
Your lawn appears to be burned out. I suspect your soil is acidic.

I recommend we lime your lawn and a strict watering regime.

Oh, and we should treat for grubs 5 times a year.

I estimate around $1200 a year for 5 treatments.

39 posted on 11/27/2018 8:56:40 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: tet68

40 posted on 11/27/2018 8:58:11 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The USA and President Trump.)
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