[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.

[fish hawk]

black holes.

[Eagles6]

save

[webheart]

Lava tubes?

[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.

[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

[phs3]

ping

[taxesareforever]

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

[taxesareforever]

I believe there are holes in this story.

[DoughtyOne]

have they looked for big golf balls to go with these holes

[Defiant]

Isn't that where Osama's been hidin'?

If not, we should put him in there.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Target practice.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Art Bell is the last person on this planet that I would want to hear a single word from about anything like this.

Time to get off our butts and boldy go.

[AFPhys]

This is clearly where the cartoon martians, complete with ray guns and telescopes, have their abode. <{>Perhaps we'll see Bugs Bunny in person, too..