EPTThat said, let's hope that it's something ridiculously awesome.
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
That said, let's hope that it's something ridiculously awesome. | ||
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
Life sounds too good to be true. | ||
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
CURIOUS to see what it is going to be ^^ | ||
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blug
Australia623 Posts
On November 22 2012 00:19 DwmC_Foefen wrote: If it's life (like bacteria or something) wouldn't this disprove most of the major religions? :p CURIOUS to see what it is going to be ^^ Not really, You would have thought that evolution "basically" being proven would have disproved most religions, but it doesn't. Most people who practice these religions justify quotes from their associated texts by considering them metaphorical rather than literal. I am quite excited to see the results. | ||
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Big-t
Austria1350 Posts
1. Frozen mud, would be awesome since it would be a proof for more water then just on the pole caps. 2. Gold/Gemstones in such a high ratio that it would be cost efficient to harvest it from there. 3. New elements/alloys which where created by the high background radiation. (Not a big atmosphere over there^^) 4. A huge liquid underground lake. I really doubt that they found life. | ||
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
On November 22 2012 00:32 Big-t wrote: Perhaps they found: 1. Frozen mud, would be awesome since it would be a proof for more water then just on the pole caps. Possibly. 2. Gold/Gemstones in such a high ratio that it would be cost efficient to harvest it from there. The rover only took samples from a tiny part of the surface of the planet. Even if it would find a high amount of gold/gemstones, this has no bearing on how much there is in total. Besides, these are scientists that are getting excited and not jewelers. 3. New elements/alloys which where created by the high background radiation. (Not a big atmosphere over there^^) Unlikely. We've already made elements and alloys under all kinds of weird conditions in our labs on earth. While Mars has a thinner atmosphere than Earth, it is also much further from the sun (the primary source of radiation in our neighbourhood). So the conditions on Mars aren't really that extreme. 4. A huge liquid underground lake. Found by analysing a soil sample? Personally, I'm guessing they found water in some form, but we'll have to wait and see. | ||
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RenardDesMers
France76 Posts
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HowardRoark
1146 Posts
On November 22 2012 00:00 Tobberoth wrote: That said, let's hope that it's something ridiculously awesome. That would be amazing. I wish it is one of those gateways from the Pohl sf book with spacecrafts that lead to strange places in the universe. | ||
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MooMu
Canada615 Posts
On November 22 2012 02:43 RenardDesMers wrote: I'd say they found life signs of some sort. Not life per se but at least a proof life existed. I hear the instrument is designed so that it's able to detect organic molecules. So I'm betting/hoping it's evidence of that, which would be incredible. | ||
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HowardRoark
1146 Posts
This? If it is I would take the first flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. | ||
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
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shizaep
Canada2920 Posts
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MooMu
Canada615 Posts
On November 22 2012 09:35 shizaep wrote: Yeah, I speculate that they found some kinds of life traces. But the reason they're not making it public just yet is because NASA just wants to be 100% sure that their data's legit and not some kind of contamination from the earth. Would really not be good for them if they right away release an article, "LIFE ON MARS!!!111!!1," the world goes apeshit, and then like 2 weeks later they're like, "Oh soz, it was just contamination. No proof actually." Remember that arsenic-based life debacle? Fossilized Martian life forms on meteorites? | ||
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GrandSmurf
Netherlands462 Posts
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Maxyim
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Maxyim
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Prugelhugel
Austria637 Posts
Seems like NASA is considering cannonrushing. | ||
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nooboon
2602 Posts
It's nice that they are taking a cautious approach to this and not jumping the gun. | ||
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