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- chriskzoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45NASA Engineer steps onto stage: *clears throat: "We lied, an alien did crash in Roswell in 1947. We present to you the first alien family" and unveils 4 aliens chilling in a room, watching TV, etc. LOL
- MiamiGuy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19*NASA representative walks in at 2pm eastern time* "Ladies and gentlemen...at approximately 2:10pm eastern we will be hit by a giant meteor and wiped out of existence. *NASA walks out* Silence...
- tuxidomasx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18ohhhh. maybe they found an alien. that would be awesome. then we could have spacewars and stuff.
- g0nk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Text from the site, becuase it's slow:
Big NASA Announcement Today
NASA is planning to make a huge announcement today, about possible life in our own solar system.
Exact details of what we can expect to hear have not been released. We do know that evidence has been found that could point to life relatively close to the earth.
Official word is expected this afternoon at 2 p.m. We'll have complete coverage of today's big news when it is released. Tune to News 13 for the complete story. - misterpony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I also tried looking at abcnews, ap, cnn, nasa.gov, and local newspapers and tv stations. No one else is reporting this.
If there was an official release sent to these places they must not be taking it too serious or doing some checking before they say/write anything on it. - coleman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13i cant find this article being reported anywhere else: NASA, Reuters, AP, space.com... no one has an article on this announcement? anyone else had this problem?
- chriskzoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11What would be great is ACTUAL life (a cell, whatever) and not just elements of life like carbon traces, etc.
- fudgebrown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11let's find a verifiable source first...
- WayneGoode, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8NASAWatch.com has details, http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/03/will_there_be_a.html
From the article:
...did say that there would be a "large announcement" (as opposed to "huge" I suppose) from the Cassini Team...
This announcement is in reference to a paper that will appear in Science magazine - and that magazine has it under embargo. I have not seen any of these embargoed press releases but from what I have pieced together the references to "life relatively close to the earth" may be a bit of a stretch to say the least. - jobeats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7coral cache
http://cfnews13.com.nyud.net:8090/StoryHeadline.aspx?id=13873 - TheCodeFoundry, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9From Drudge http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8na.htm
"NASA'S CASSINI DISCOVERS POTENTIAL LIQUID WATER ON ENCELADUS
Thu Mar 09 2006 11:21:33 ET
**Exclusive**
NASA's Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs that erupt in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The rare occurrence of liquid water so near the surface raises many new questions about the mysterious moon.
"We realize that this is a radical conclusion - that we may have evidence for liquid water within a body so small and so cold," said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo. "However, if we are right, we have significantly broadened the diversity of solar system environments where we might possibly have conditions suitable for living organisms."
High-resolution Cassini images show icy jets and towering plumes ejecting huge quantities of particles at high speed. Scientists examined several models to explain the process. They ruled out the idea the particles are produced or blown off the moon's surface by vapor created when warm water ice converts to a gas. Instead, scientists have found evidence for a much more exciting possibility. The jets might be erupting from near-surface pockets of liquid water above 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), like cold versions of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone.
"We previously knew of at most three places where active volcanism exists: Jupiter's moon Io, Earth, and possibly Neptune's moon Triton. Cassini changed all that, making Enceladus the latest member of this very exclusive club, and one of the most exciting places in the solar system," said John Spencer, Cassini scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder.
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"Other moons in the solar system have liquid-water oceans covered by kilometers of icy crust," said Andrew Ingersoll, imaging team member and atmospheric scientist at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif. "What's different here is that pockets of liquid water may be no more than tens of meters below the surface."
"As Cassini approached Saturn, we discovered the Saturnian system is filled with oxygen atoms. At the time we had no idea where the oxygen was coming from," said Candy Hansen, Cassini scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena. "Now we know Enceladus is spewing out water molecules, which break down into oxygen and hydrogen."
Scientists still have many questions. Why is Enceladus so active? Are other sites on Enceladus active? Might this activity have been continuous enough over the moon's history for life to have had a chance to take hold in the moon's interior?
In the spring of 2008, scientists will get another chance to look at Enceladus when Cassini flies within 350 kilometers (approximately 220 miles), but much work remains after the spacecraft's four-year prime mission is over.
"There's no question, along with the moon Titan, Enceladus should be a very high priority for us. Saturn has given us two exciting worlds to explore," said Jonathan Lunine, Cassini interdisciplinary scientist, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
Mission scientists report these and other Enceladus findings in this week's issue of Science.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency.
JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology" - misterpony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Seems they found (potentially) water on a Saturn moon: http://www.drudgereport.com/flash8na.htm
- senfo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Did the text change? I see:
NASA is planning to make an announcement about a new discovery.
Exact details of what we can expect to hear have not been released. Earlier reports about the announcement were not accurate.
Official word is expected this afternoon at 2 p.m. We'll have complete coverage of today's big news when it is released. Tune to News 13 for the complete story. - ichirorabbit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/main/index.html
This thing arives tomrrow maybe its got something to do about that
Arrival at Mars
Mar. 10
Pre-arrival briefing: 12 p.m.
Orbit insertion coverage:
3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Post-arrival briefing: 7:30 p.m. - greenbox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5i so hope it's something ground breaking and not just something we kind of knew,i.e., "there are rocks on mars and there red, ohhh!"
- JHawk24821, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7....and we are also proud to announce a partnership with MTV in the upcoming "Real Word: Aliens" set to debut next week in a constant 24-hour rotation on a new sister channel, MTVNASAWTFOMGBBQ!
- ichirorabbit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It better not be the basic building blocks of life or im gonna be peeved. But ill be waiting to here what is is no doubt.
- zenmouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5They just saved a bunch of money on their car insurance by switching to Geico.
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This just in... Steve Jobs now doing marketing consulting for small Floridian television station..
- starexplorer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4folks it's related to cassini
- mighty_mouth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As posted elsewhere:
http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/03/will_there_be_a.html
My advice: undigg and report this story as inaccurate. - domokunt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3if it is cassini...cassini was a satellite sent to study saturn and its moons
- pinsomniac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well, while you guys are looking up information on NASA projects and announcements, anyone have any idea what happened to this? Granted, it currently stands as hearsy, but I'd be very interested in knowing if it is in fact true and if NASA plans to publish the paper anytime soon.
http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46439 - GrahamStw, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Yup, maybe the "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" has been shot down by phaser fire from an unidentified point on the surface of Mars?
- jairhart, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4My guess is comet dust bringing life to earth.
- misterpony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Whoa! Central Florida News 13 is changing their story! Guess they realized they created a monster using such words as "HUGE" and "possible life in our solar system."
Debunked. Looks like it'll be just another news report... - InternetUser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's not for real, it's been taken out of context. No digg.
See : http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2006/03/will_there_be_a.html - nacho, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I think the MPAA and RIAA forbids space-wars without the proper authorization. Oh yeah, and you can't have a space-war on anyone else's planet. That would be illegal and immoral.
- Vryz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The story has already leaked. The news channels are blowing it up way bigger than NASA is.
It's this:
NASA's Cassini spacecraft may have found evidence of liquid water reservoirs that erupt in Yellowstone-like geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The rare occurrence of liquid water so near the surface raises many new questions about the mysterious moon. - IHaveIssues, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3My God, Scientologists are right after all!
- dmolavi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3From nasawatch.com:
Will There Be a "Huge" or a "Large" Announcement Today from NASA?
Big NASA Announcement Today, Orlando Channel 13
"NASA is planning to make a huge announcement today, about possible life in our own solar system. Exact details of what we can expect to hear have not been released. We do know that evidence has been found that could point to life relatively close to the earth."
Editor's note: I just spoke with Doc Mirelson at NASA HQ PAO. He was not aware of any specific "huge announcement" that NASA would be making today but suggested that the reporter who wrote this story might be referencing a 2:00 pm Cassini update. NASA does have a habit of alerting the media ahead of time when something big is going to be announced. No such alert has been sent out.
However when I spoke with Eric Hupp a few minutes later she did say that there would be a "large announcement" (as opposed to "huge" I suppose) from the Cassini Team - and that press releases will be issued by NASA and a number of universities today at 2:00 PM EST.
This announcement is in reference to a paper that will appear in Science magazine - and that magazine has it under embargo. I have not seen any of these embargoed press releases but from what I have pieced together the references to "life relatively close to the earth" may be a bit of a stretch to say the least. This announcement is a follow-on to previous announcements about discoveries on a moon in the Saturnian system - and the ramifications for life cannot be totally ignored - but that claim is not the thrust of the discovery.
Of course, this is now spreading like crazy. Drudge Report now has this top banner: "Orlando Channel 13: Big NASA Announcement Set For Today... // NASA is planning to make a huge announcement today, about possible life in our own solar system" which of course means that Channel 13's webserver is being bombarded - and indeed, when you try and get to this article you often get a server error.
In the end, however, the annoying thing about all of this is that NASA did not send a heads up that an announcement would be made (as they regularly do - often with out any details other than "stay tuned"), that there is no press event on NASA TV, and that the agency repeatedly allows itself to have embargo regulations dictated to it regarding the release of results of taxpayer funded science by a magazine.
Of course, the sad aspect of this story is with regard to all of this sudden interest and excitement about life in the universe among the media and the general public - interest that seems to be on a hair trigger. Gee, do you think this might be something that people expect - and want - NASA to be doing?. Too bad Mike Griffin and Mary Cleave don't get that message - and want to cut NASA's Astrobiology program - the effort which studies this topic - by 50% - IHaveIssues, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Dan Brown should write a book about this and ... oh wait, never mind.
- misterpony, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This article sounds like this no big deal. And nasawatch.com would be the ones that would know...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It's just little bits and pieces to get the world used to other live in the Universe. Start small and grow. Bacteria to single cells, to tad poles, to humanoids or cellunoids or whatever noids exist out there! Conditioning.
- ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6NASA finds intelligent life in *gasp* the White House!!
Ok I got nothing. - griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Breaking News: Evian opens interplanetary distribution plant on Saturn's moon.
Details Soon. - DiggedBy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1why would you -digg the above comment? it was much more informative than this story! the rating comments idea is terrible and making me fast lose respect for the digg community. so go ahead and minus digg me... you have nothing better to do. thank you mynickel for posting the article.
- Harlequn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1bullets can't stop it...
rockets can't stop it...
WE MAY HAVE TO USE NUCLEAR FORCE!
F.Z. - mrfifty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2drudge http://www.drudgereport.com/ seems to be changing its headline every 2 mins....
- truebullfan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got excited for a few seconds then found out this story is completely bogus. I'll mark this for inaccuracy
- misterpony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1CFN 13 blew it out of proportion and they've changed their story. They need to do some checking before posting things like that.
- griz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1RUN RUN RUN!!! The aliens have taken over a TV network!!!
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>Thank you for your patience. - jfox00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2i was thinking the exact same thing! On the verge of spending cuts, budget reductions, and billion dollar deficits, NASA comes out with a huge statement - that will revitalize our love affair with space exploration and....
- sucresemoule, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Elvis is not dead !
- dognose, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Man, I certainly hope there is life in our solar system. (what else do you call us?) It's the others I worry about.
- fudgebrown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2From NASA watch: "Editor's note: I just spoke with Doc Mirelson at NASA HQ PAO. He was not aware of any specific "huge announcement" that NASA would be making today but suggested that the reporter who wrote this story might be referencing a 2:00 pm Cassini update. NASA does have a habit of alerting the media ahead of time when something big is going to be announced. No such alert has been sent out."
- Vryz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The news channels are just crazy. This was the NASA response:
I just spoke with Doc Mirelson at NASA HQ PAO. He was not aware of any specific "huge announcement" that NASA would be making today but suggested that the reporter who wrote this story might be referencing a 2:00 pm Cassini update. NASA does have a habit of alerting the media ahead of time when something big is going to be announced. No such alert has been sent out.
It's a Cassini update! They found water! OMG, we're all going to die! - KissTheRing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd say they are waiting until the announcement, many news organizations save the speculation for the op ed pages
- JamesGlover, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Surely its just something about this:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/NEWS06/603080423/1012 - Alank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Liquid water (ok, yes that's slightly redundant, I know) on one of Saturn's moons is a pretty significant find. It means there's water and geothermal heat (otherwise it would just be ice).
This is the first time we've found conditions capable of supporting life as we know it anywhere but our own little planet, assuming that their analysis is right of course, and it is indeed water.
On Earth, we've found that without fail, if a place can support life, there is indeed life there in some form.
If this pans out, it will be the most significant discovery the space program has made. Sure, it's not as sexy as a lunar landing or even a mars rover, but the implications are enormous. -
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