NASA Orbiter Finds Possible Cave Skylights on Mars

JPL.NASA.GOV News Releases ^ | September 21, 2007

[steve86]

THIS IS NOT A HOAX

PAGING ART BELL (OUT OF RETIREMENT)

[Army Air Corps]

Hi, I’m Bob Vila. Today, on this Old Martian Cave we’ll cover skylight options.

[steve86]

This explains a lot.

[Nathan Zachary]

Looks like sand worm breathing holes to me, but you never know, maybe the mars mutants are remodeling and adding some skylights...

[Army Air Corps]

On a serious note, these could be nifty spots to contsruct habitats.

[Army Air Corps]

Looks like sand worm breathing holes to me...

Well, the first Astronauts on Mars will have to bring Thumpers.

[fish hawk]

black holes.

[steve86]

Another set of slides clearly shows heavy equipment tracks going into one of the horizontal caves.

I said the article is not a hoax, not my comments

[Eagles6]

save

[webheart]

Lava tubes?

[Quix]

It explains a lot???

Please elaborate.

Thanks for the ping.

[Popocatapetl]

DIY caves are probably a lot safer.

On Earth, the rule of thumb about caves and tunnels is “What Mother Earth didn’t create, she tries to destroy.” So things are just opposite: natural caves are safer than man made tunnels.

However, Mars doesn’t have as hostile an environment, so caves that would have long ago collapsed on Earth, because they were unstable, still exist on Mars. At least until they are disturbed.

This is why I suggest sending mining robot advance teams to both the Moon and Mars, to create new, safe, stable, horizontal shaft tunnels for habitats. The robots could be mining for a year or two before people even show up.

It would save enormous amounts of money, be much larger and better habitats for people to live and work in, and might even have storage for large amounts of water or ice, in cisterns.

This would mean longer missions, with much more equipment and supplies brought with, and amenities like fresh vegetable gardens.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ladies and germs, it’s Ron Paul’s summer home.

[maine-iac7]

Looks like sand worm breathing holes to me

at 328 to 820 feet across?

Wouldn't want to meet up with one of them! :o)

[Maelstorm]

Did it take NASA this long to confirm the holes were caves? I remember reading about this almost a year or more ago.

[maine-iac7]

There are some much better pics of these - I remember when they first hit the news.

just GOOGLE mars holes for several sites - Here's a photo for a nasa site -

[Steely Tom]

Now its not a meaningless question
To ask if theyve been and gone
I remember a talk about north
Carolina and a strange, strange pond
You see the sides were like glass
In the thick of a forest without a road
And if any mans hands ever made that land
Then I think it wouldve showed

[jws3sticks]

Too funny. Good “’<’P’>’”ing.

That’s where they put the pipe for the big enima in the sky.

[phs3]

ping

[taxesareforever]

If you look real close you can see Bin Laden in one of these caves.