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- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -8/+27What the hell. Why doesn't anyone think this whole mars mission is a huge deal? This has been annoying the crap out of me for some time, stupid media.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -1/+20That's great - it's the first step towards some real experimentation... Just so long as the Phoenix lander remembers that "no" means "no".
- Murdats, on 06/02/2008, -0/+14where is the article?
is it that small blurb there surrounded by 2 pages of ads and related articles?
its an introduction, a quote and three sentences - dmkirt, on 06/02/2008, -0/+13I see a footprint.. FOOTPRINT?! Are we sure the robotic arm made that print?!
(Man! I need to cut back on my coffee...) - fuhcough, on 06/02/2008, -0/+12Is anyone else creeped out by the fact that NASA designed the lander to have baby feet for hands?
"This image provided by NASA shows an impression resembling a footprint left on Mars by the Phoenix lander's robotic arm on Saturday May 31, 2008."
Resembling my ass - that's a baby's foot. Might as well be in green paint with a cheesy poem next to it. - Shadowgamers, on 06/02/2008, -3/+13Still no Transformers. Bummer.
- sanman, on 06/02/2008, -1/+11These days, universities and even private organizations are able to sponsor launches of micro-satellites into space. Perhaps in the future there could be similarly be sponsorship of launching and dropping micro-payloads onto Mars. Maybe different groups could come up with their own designer bacteria to parachute down to the Martian surface, to seed it with life. Who knows, if you came up with the right type of photosynthetic bacteria, robust enough to withstand the environment, maybe you could transform the planet. They say that an ordinary bacteria like E.Coli, which divides every 20 minutes, can multiply to attain the mass of the Earth in a 24-hour period, if given enough nutrients and resources. Sure, I realize that's an idealized calculation, but still it points the way to how we could one day transform the Red Planet into a Green one.
- slapded, on 06/02/2008, -1/+8only a few more days now until we discover alien life...
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+6LOL... Diggers are always going on about how scientifically-minded they are, and about how digg needs more science articles and less political articles and whatnot, until actual science hits the news, and suddenly they're not interested.
- ATH025, on 06/02/2008, -0/+6Wow lots of illiterate people on Digg today. jzuska said why DOESN'T anyone think this whole mars mission is a huge deal.
- cerejota, on 06/02/2008, -0/+6The face was high-res photographed, and there is no face. It was an artifact of the low-res cameras.
- secrity, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5I can just imagine it going horribly wrong and end up with the entire planet overrun with mice and ferral cats or something.
- ColorBlind, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5They already....did....
- username7D8, on 06/02/2008, -7/+12one small step for robot, one giant leap for mankind.
ok I'm a dork. - Murdats, on 06/02/2008, -2/+7I see you are spamming this everywhere
but the worst place to do it is on a science related story
Vote McCain if you want to have ID replace science in classrooms, if you want scientific research to grind to a halt and if you want political descisions based on dogma and superstition instead of reality. - Nossie, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5I'm just glad someone still cares...
which would you rather have? hilary or obama jokes and/or britany spears? - fuhcough, on 06/02/2008, -0/+5perhaps something iphone related? ;)
- mahdaeng, on 06/02/2008, -0/+4Whoooosh!
- mahdaeng, on 06/02/2008, -0/+4Whoooosh!
- cerejota, on 06/02/2008, -0/+4Reach out and touch faith!
- verbose, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3Bigfoot is hopping around on Mars!
- ColorBlind, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3And thanks to Al Gore we'll have carbon credits on Mars as well.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3That's all we need. Martian LOLCats running wild.
- drakenlot, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3The face on Mars is widely speculated as being an ancient reference towards transformers.
- arcticblue, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3The arm has a door with "fingers" sticking out of it. It is not an indentation in the dirt, but a rock or chunk of ice the door scratched.
- PhireN, on 06/02/2008, -0/+3Wow, that robot moves slowly.
I guess with all the money they spent putting it there, they are to take it slowly and savor the moment.
Once humans are there, things will move a lot faster, without that huge radio delay. - inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2It sees a lot more than just colour.. http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/science_ssi.php
- mlavergn, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2The problem with going slow with this mission is that once the Martian northern winter comes in a few months, it's game over for the lander. A) there'll be no sun to power it and B) the components will freeze solid and most likely break. There's a betting pool somewhere about whether the thing will be able to power back up come spring. As for the radio delay, it's not that big of a deal, 45 minutes or something. Come to think of it, what would be really cool would be an attempt at a laser based data transmission system from Mars. That would shave down comm to the 10 minute mark or lower, not quite instant, but a 20 minute data exchange opens new possibilities that a 1.5 hour data exchange doesn't. Back on topic, I'm anxious for them to "get a move on" it's been several days and all the system checks are done, now give us something cool to talk about!!!
- lolinyerface, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Don't just digg down, report this dumbass.
- junaru, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2lack of boobs
- cosinezero, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Video? You want to watch a live feed of ... dirt?
Actually, maybe you're right. Slap a "Produced by Micheal Bay" on it and you might have a summer blockbuster. Even martian dust storms can't be as mind-numbingly devoid of purpose as SATC:The Movie. - mahdaeng, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2I agree. This is an incredible feat! I don't care who's doing what on American Idol. We are sending robots to Mars! How can that not monopolize the headlines?
- aladrin, on 06/02/2008, -1/+3I'm excited about the Mars exploration and all, but 'lander's arm touches soil' ... Not really all that newsworthy.
- daeus, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2It took off in Aug last year and landed last week....
- Lubinski, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Not to mention that we are able to land devices or "robots" twice on Mars with success. NASA FTW.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Sigh. I'm still waiting for the front-page article "Digg user's arm touches woman's breast".
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2The ignorant masses would rather put thought towards Lindsey Lohan's hair color or what Paris Hilton ate for lunch yesterday rather than endeavors such as this.
- Avaseal, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Were the past four responses to your comment sarcastic (somehow)? god I hope so
Ya Jzuska, I agree. They should probably be spending a tiny-bit more time covering the Phoenix Lander mission. It's a pretty big step for NASA - MrFurious2k, on 06/02/2008, -1/+3As excited as I am about a manned mission to Mars, things like this remind me how far away we are from such an event.
- hokie47, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2You would be amazed about how much thermal energy is required to melt ice. It would remove very little ice, contaminate any results, and possibly damage the lander.
- cosinezero, on 06/02/2008, -2/+4Primitive life on mars helps disprove the belief that we are alone in the galaxy.
It also further strengthens evolution, and puts a few question marks into the insidious creation/intelligent design "theories". - Corsix, on 06/02/2008, -2/+4Sorry, that E.Coli claim is wrong. Assuming a division every 20 minutes, there would be 72 divisions in a day, so if you started with 1 E.Coli, by the end of the day you would have 2^72 E.Coli. To attain Earth mass in 24 hours, each E.Coli would have to weigh (earth mass / 2^72) = 1265 kilograms. Given that a single E.Coli bacterium weighs virtually nothing, you would thus have to start with an awful lot of them to get to Earth Mass in 24 hours.
- shakin, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2Twice? Let's see...
Two Viking landers in the 70's.
Mars Pathfinder in 1997.
Rovers Spirit and Opportunity were two separate landings.
Phoenix lander.
That's six successful landings that I can remember about. IIRC, Russia had a couple of failures before the Viking missions, but they did get a partial photo from one of their landers. - fuseideas, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1The latest Digg on Mars has happened:
http://digg.com/space/Has_NASA_s_Phoenix_Lander_Fo ... - Yeyui, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1The lander does have video capability (sort of). However, its not worth the bandwidth to stream that much data.
- SkippyDoorknob, on 06/02/2008, -1/+2Super Mario Galaxy
- mahdaeng, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bar
- Yeyui, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1By the way, the RA has made its first dig as well:
MarsPhoenix: "The first dig on Mars is complete. Here are images of the dig http://tinyurl.com/5hdanw and scoop with dirt in it http://tinyurl.com/62hbyv"
MarsPhoenix: "@paulievox This dig was called "dig and dump" because it won't be analyzed (it was a test of the arm and scoop.1st analysis still days away." - chudgoo, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1Couldn't it not be said that the thrusters' exhaust has -already- contaminated the soil?
- sgglynn, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1We know he likes his wars and all, but there doesn't appear to be any Muslims on Mars for him to worry about conquering.
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