Ice on Mars

[evince]

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/mars-phoenix-tw.html

they have determined the "white stuff" is ice.

 

[uscitizen]

Cool, I was wondering about that.

 

[Cancel3]

But is it water based ice?

 

[Damocles]

Why do we keep sending stuff up that doesn't have the sensors to detect life?

 

[evince]

Yes its water ice and I dont know why they dont include life detection in the equipment.

 

[uscitizen]

the brains said water so I will take their word for it. I am assuming their conclusion was based on the temperature.

 

[Jarod]

I am suprised the Religous Wackos are not all up in arms about this. THats prob why they do not include life detecting equipment, the Whackos fight to prevent it.

 

[blackascoal]

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/mars-phoenix-tw.html

they have determined the "white stuff" is ice.

This is a big deal and an historic event in scientific history. Perhaps one day we will have to leave this planet and form colonies on other planets for humans to survive.

Of course the planets we land on that already have inhabitants will be screaming, "OH NO, the humans are coming."

 

[blackascoal]

I am suprised the Religous Wackos are not all up in arms about this. THats prob why they do not include life detecting equipment, the Whackos fight to prevent it.

Religion will find a way to claim it .. and science, fact, truth, evidence, knowledge, wisdom, history, DNA, or common sense have never been an impediment to believers.

 

[Diuretic]

Someone will launch an expedition to find an Ark on Mars, I just know it.

 

[Cancel3]

This is a big deal and an historic event in scientific history. Perhaps one day we will have to leave this planet and form colonies on other planets for humans to survive.

Of course the planets we land on that already have inhabitants will be screaming, "OH NO, the humans are coming."

I cannot imagine any intelligent species being happy to see us.

I have always imagined that aliens looked at earth as sort of an orbiting dumpster.

 

[Diuretic]

I cannot imagine any intelligent species being happy to see us....

We could be protein....

 

[evince]

'TO SERVE MAN"

 

[blackascoal]

I cannot imagine any intelligent species being happy to see us.

I have always imagined that aliens looked at earth as sort of an orbiting dumpster.

A scene from the most prophetic movie ever made .. on humans.

 

[Cancel3]

'TO SERVE MAN"

Ah, a fan of the Twilight Zone. That was a fun episode.

 

[blackascoal]

Ah, a fan of the Twilight Zone. That was a fun episode.

It was the best Twilight Zone episode of all time .. followed closely by "Will the real Martian stand up."

http://knickerbockervillage.blogspot.com/2008/05/twilight-zone-will-real-martian-please.html

 

[Cancel3]

It was the best Twilight Zone episode of all time .. followed closely by "Will the real Martian stand up."

http://knickerbockervillage.blogspot.com/2008/05/twilight-zone-will-real-martian-please.html

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street was a good one. As was Time Enough at Last.

But there were a lot of great episodes in that series. I have quite a few.

 

[evince]

It was a great show.

A real rarity of the time.

 

[Cancel3]

It was a great show.

A real rarity of the time.

They used quality writers and took stories from quality writers.

Now days quality writing is as rare as an honest politician.

 

[Cypress]

Why do we keep sending stuff up that doesn't have the sensors to detect life?

Well, this isn't Star Trek. Spacecraft can't really operate "life detectors".

As the article states, at best they have instruments to measure possible organic compounds. And I'm not a biologist, but unless I'm mistaken, the optical and electrical techniques we have to measure microbial life in soils are too delicate to be flown on a spacecraft.