Mars Express found water :)

BarfHappy · Jan 23, 2004

http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=173387

the article is in french, but here it is summed up:
European Space Agency said that mars express has found iced water in the north pole of Mars and in surface. It s highly probable that liquid water lies in the depth of the planet, that would make a colony on Mars becoming probable.

galfordo · Jan 23, 2004

BarfHappy said:
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=173387

the article is in french, but here it is summed up:
European Space Agency said that mars express has found iced water in the north pole of Mars and in surface. It s highly probable that liquid water lies in the depth of the planet, that would make a colony on Mars becoming probable.

I'm there dude - Rocketmaaaaaannnn!!!

:buttrock:

slerch666 · Jan 23, 2004

Not in my lifetime will we see a Mars colony.

roker · Jan 23, 2004

And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I’m a rocket man

johnroche · Jan 23, 2004

the roker said:
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
Till touch down brings me round again to find
I’m not the man they think I am at home
Oh no no no I’m a rocket man

Best. Shatner song. Ever.

Lastblade · Jan 23, 2004

Was it Aquafina or Poland Springs??

BloodLust · Jan 23, 2004

Lastblade said:
Was it Aquafina or Poland Springs??

could be the new coke.(they needed somewhere to dump that stuff :tickled:

)

Decepticon · Jan 23, 2004

johnroche said:
Best. Shatner song. Ever.

Don't you mean Elton John?

roker · Jan 23, 2004

Decepticon said:
Don't you mean Elton John?

I think Shatner did his own rendition of it.

johnroche · Jan 23, 2004

the roker said:
I think Shatner did his own rendition of it.

Yes he did. Shatner has the unique ability to take a song and make it his own... if for no other reason than that its original writer/singer wants nothing to do with it thereafter.

kc · Jan 23, 2004

2 billion well spent :spock:

Decepticon · Jan 23, 2004

johnroche said:
Yes he did. Shatner has the unique ability to take a song and make it his own... if for no other reason than that its original writer/singer wants nothing to do with it thereafter.

Fuck Shatner. That's why that prick is now doing Priceline.com commectials and Trekkiw conventions only...noone else wants to deal with the bastard.

Eric · Jan 23, 2004

Decepticon said:
Fuck Shatner. That's why that prick is now doing Priceline.com commectials and Trekkiw conventions only...noone else wants to deal with the bastard.

I think you're reacting too harshly to this without ever even seeing it. Shatner's rendition of Rocket Man is a comedic gem, and partially responsible for the revival (albeit slight) of his career.

PS: There is no water on Mars! This is just an elaborate conspiracy by the Bush regime to justify sending men to Mars in search of Martian weapons of mass destruction!! :loco:

Decepticon · Jan 23, 2004

Eric said:
I think you're reacting too harshly to this without ever even seeing it. Shatner's rendition of Rocket Man is a comedic gem, and partially responsible for the revival (albeit slight) of his career.

PS: There is no water on Mars! This is just an elaborate conspiracy by the Bush regime to justify sending men to Mars in search of Martian weapons of mass destruction!!

Bah! Shatner....Career!? I laugh at your joke!

HAHAHAHA

Now onto more serious matters...but isn't that why Bush sent Bugs Bunny to Mars long ago? Didn't he then rid the planet of Marvin's Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator?

There are no WMD's on Mars

Free Marvin!

Decepticon · Jan 23, 2004

AztekNinja · Jan 24, 2004

Damm, I can't belive you guys are sitting here and talking about Shatner, when they found water on Mars?! Water!! :eek:

Nesagwa · Jan 24, 2004

So did they get the rover working again?

Decepticon · Jan 24, 2004

Nesagwa said:
So did they get the rover working again?

At this point they have said the rover is in "critical" condition and they are going to focus on Opportunity's landing rather than attempt to repair Spirit.

Crovax · Jan 24, 2004

AztekNinja said:
Damm, I can't belive you guys are sitting here and talking about Shatner, when they found water on Mars?! Water!!

too true. however, Mars Express is an orbiter, so the evidence is based purely on spectroscopy. I'm not going to get too excited until we get some physical samples.

Either way, it means more mars missions in the future at least. Now if they could just improve on that horrible failure rate...

Decepticon · Jan 24, 2004

Crovax said:
too true. however, Mars Express is an orbiter, so the evidence is based purely on spectroscopy. I'm not going to get too excited until we get some physical samples.

Either way, it means more mars missions in the future at least. Now if they could just improve on that horrible failure rate...

The failure rate has to do with the extreme cold on the planet which electronic devices fail at.

If they could develop a self warming device for the rovers it would definitley be beneficial.

BlackSpy · Jan 24, 2004

Is this not the European mission that's found water rather than the NASA one anyway?

Decepticon · Jan 24, 2004

BlackSpy said:
Is this not the European mission that's found water rather than the NASA one anyway?

Yep, the European sattelite. While the news is a big suprise to everyone, I will still doubt it until we get samples which may take years to get due to the machines not being able to handle the climate.

Metal Slug · Jan 24, 2004

You can lose a Beagle and find some water, but NASA must be lead!

Crovax · Jan 24, 2004

Decepticon said:
The failure rate has to do with the extreme cold on the planet which electronic devices fail at.

If they could develop a self warming device for the rovers it would definitley be beneficial.

well, that's a concern too, but I was more talking about the missions that were lost completely (ie Beagle, the Polar Lander, etc...)

it just comes down to refining mission design as we gain more experience over time.

johnroche · Jan 24, 2004

d00dz, it's all being shot iin a top-secret bunkar!!!!11112

Mars Express found water :)

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