OT: NASA Puts Rover on Mars

[mattola]

NASA Mercury Announcement Imminent! - Science Channel : Inscider

 

[mattola]

NASA have just announced that they believe they have discovered ice in Mercury's polar craters.

 

[puckhead]

NASA have just announced that they believe they have discovered ice in Mercury's polar craters.

Water Ice Found at Mercury's North Pole | Space.com


further results on Monday.
No organisms found though.

 

[NorthCoastSteelersFan]

Don't see how that's possible. Mercury has no atmosphere.

 

[esls79]

Don't see how that's possible. Mercury has no atmosphere.

It's either possible or unpossible. There are no other alternatives.

 

[Darkstone42]

Don't see how that's possible. Mercury has no atmosphere.

Ice delivered by an asteroid, the crater formed shielded the ice from the sun, keeping it from melting/evaporating. Water sublimes slowly enough that it could stay there in ice form for a good while.

 

[evolver115]

Super-Giant Black Hole Baffles Scientists - Yahoo! News

You would probably not enjoy the galaxy NGC 1277. Never mind that it's far - 220 million light-years away in the constellation Perseus. The problem is that at its center is a giant, giant black hole, 17 billion times as massive as our sun, so big that scientists calculate it makes up 59 percent of the mass of the galaxy's disc.

 

[puckhead]

I enjoyed this movie
(haven't seen it for 30 years, of course)

 

[IPostedWhat]

 

[SLY]

Super-Giant Black Hole Baffles Scientists - Yahoo! News

Black holes are so fucking awesome.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

'Earth-Like' Planets Discovered By NASA's Kepler Telescope Could Host Liquid Water, Agency Says

 

[dash]

'Earth-Like' Planets Discovered By NASA's Kepler Telescope Could Host Liquid Water, Agency Says

Exactly what the Flames need, an out-of-this-world player

 

[naslundfan19]

Don't want to read the whole thread. Has Rocketman been mentioned?

 

[evolver115]

Rover is digging a hole in his new backyard

Mars Rover Curiosity -- NASA's Rover Gearing Up For Second Ever Rock Drilling And Sampling On Mars | PlanetSave

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Rover is digging a hole in his new backyard

Mars Rover Curiosity -- NASA's Rover Gearing Up For Second Ever Rock Drilling And Sampling On Mars | PlanetSave

Very cool.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

NASA?s Voyager spacecraft enters interstellar space, heading out of solar system - The Washington Post

Launched in 1977, travels roughly 39,000 mph and will take about 7000 years to reach the nearest solar system. Fucking space man.

 

[mattola]

NASA?s Voyager spacecraft enters interstellar space, heading out of solar system - The Washington Post

Launched in 1977, travels roughly 39,000 mph and will take about 7000 years to reach the nearest solar system. Fucking space man.

if this thing comes looking for the creator down the road we are green alien screwed. you all better hope the star trek geeks get what they want for that day LLAP

 

[dash]

Did somebody say Voyager?

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Mars One Mission Meeting Brings Aspiring Martian Colonists To Washington, D.C. (PHOTOS)

 

[Comeds]

Mars One Mission Meeting Brings Aspiring Martian Colonists To Washington, D.C. (PHOTOS)

"Can't get laid on Earth, I'll give Mars a shot"

78.4821 % of Mars Colony applicants