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- iSeeU, on 08/04/2008, -0/+51Alright then, NEXT PLANET !
- SteelChicken, on 08/05/2008, -2/+36so post a picture of saturn?
if the pic is not relevant, dont post one at all. - caboose20, on 08/05/2008, -6/+39I wish that we would get past thinking that any life/signs of life we find is going to mimic what we know of on earth. What they're dismissing as being harsh for life may be what life on mars thrived on.
- hazzardtrak, on 08/05/2008, -1/+25Damn and I was looking forward to Martian Asparagus!
- inactive, on 08/05/2008, -2/+22am i wrong in thinking that if you were to send a rover to earth you might not find exactly what you were looking for since THE PLANET IS SO DAMN BIG?? i find it kinda funny that such blanket statements are being made about all of mars due to a couple scratches in the dirt at one general location. i know everyone is watching and excited, but c'mon..
i personally think there is no way we WONT find either life or fossils of life on mars during my lifetime. - UtahApocalyse, on 08/05/2008, -5/+21So NASA has one type of information, then they meet with Bush. Now the information has changed? makes scientific sense to me !!
- culbeda, on 08/05/2008, -1/+13It would be hard for us to grow crops and establish a semi-permanent scientific colony. They're not ruling out all chances of life.
- JBCougar, on 08/05/2008, -1/+12From what we heard Friday, to suddenly this? Too convenient, sorry.
- cavie2002, on 08/05/2008, -1/+12Im afraid i cant let u plant that dave
- ApokalypseNow, on 08/05/2008, -0/+10Yeah - the chemical manufacture of oxygen and the creation of rocket fuel, among other things.
- prleet, on 08/05/2008, -1/+11There something more sinister than what has been revealed. NASA lost all public trust by not letting the public know before going to the government.......
NASA a big ***** failure! - hotlatte, on 08/05/2008, -0/+9What? No poo on Mars? Or, perhaps the perchlorate IS the martian poo.
- somethinspecial, on 08/05/2008, -1/+9I still think we should go up there and spread democracy.
- staystellar, on 08/05/2008, -0/+8why is there a picture of saturn?
- apena89, on 08/05/2008, -0/+7Carl Sagan speaks about the possibility of floating and flying creatures in gas-filled planets that fill their bodies with the gas and literally live in the air, much like fish float and swim and live in the water. very interesting if you think about it.
- DiggasWAttitude, on 08/05/2008, -1/+8Is this their exciting announcement? "Johnson, see these perchlorate readings? Get me the president." "Already on the line holding for you, sir."
- inactive, on 08/05/2008, -4/+11LEAKED CONFIDENTIAL White House briefing transcript.
Scientist 1: Sir, our preliminary results indicate that Mars soil is suitable for growing a wide variety of crops.
Dick Cheney: So?
Bush: Yea! So!?
Scientist 2: Umm, we can grow Coca plants sir...
Bush: :O
Bush: >:)
Bush: Say there's no life on Mars. - smitas, on 08/05/2008, -4/+11Well then its again proved our mother earth is the best!
- DavidGX, on 08/05/2008, -3/+10So... we hear that NASA may have found something HUGE and went straight to the whitehouse with it... and now they're saying there's probably nothing.
Hmm..... - ParaSwarm, on 08/05/2008, -2/+8I wish NASA reported to the people, and not the president. I wish everything reported to the people. I'm pretty sure that's what the constitution was based on.
- sb66, on 08/05/2008, -0/+6A few days ago the story was that NASA was briefing the white house on a big announcement favorable to life on mars, that would not get released to the general public until later in the month...and now all of a sudden this story pops up? Doesn't this seem a little strange to anyone?
- inactive, on 08/05/2008, -2/+8Remember that article on Digg about the fungi that lived on radiation?
After seeing that, why can't there be some bacteria on Mars that eat this perchlorate stuff? - inactive, on 08/05/2008, -1/+7If you go back to the Viking landers, they detected an oxidizing reaction with exposure to water as well. So it is only circumstantial at this point, but I suspect those two landers each on wildly different parts of the planet found perchlorate. Therefore I think it is becoming safe to deduce that large swaths of the planet are actively hostile to life as we know it. Also, I think this indicates that if there ever was any fossil evidence of life on Mars, those structures have long since been reduced to rubble by the oxidizing reactions of this salt.
- LunaticFringe, on 08/05/2008, -1/+7Can we form a lynch mob and march on the White House yet? :|
- MOster, on 08/05/2008, -4/+9I was thinking exactly the same thing. Haven't we learned anything from the fact that there's life thousands of feet below sea level? If a species evolved to tolerate complete darkness, why can't one evolve to tolerate perchlorate... or even start from the standpoint of tolerance?
- inactive, on 08/05/2008, -0/+5I totally agree why would they have to speak to the president first/brief him, then to say it was perchlorate. They are doing this so we will forget about mars. I bet they found something great, and they know the real truth of what is there, in the soil.
- Pitstopper, on 08/05/2008, -0/+5Aliens just sprayed chemicals over the soil??
- inactive, on 08/05/2008, -0/+5I think the soil was tainted by the lander , after all why did the president have to be briefed first if its actually perchlorate , i think it was something else they are not telling us.
- directive0, on 08/05/2008, -1/+5The advancement of knowledge through the scientific method relies heavily on the body of existing research which we use to help us understand our observations and formulate new hypothesis. Our current understanding about life and it's requirements for survival are limited to what we've observed, so while it may be fun to go "yeah but maybe martians ate perchlorate and were mercury based!" it is irrelevant speculation until we have something concrete to study and completely useless to those trying to build the existing body of knowledge.
Furthermore, nobody here is using this finding to outright dismiss the possibility of Mars having once supported life, merely that our current findings suggest life as we understand it would not easily flourish in this environment as it is now. Scientists (the good ones) are rarely in the business of wildly proclaiming absolutes. - Palaceguard, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4Maybe the poo people live there
- arestme, on 08/04/2008, -2/+6Hey at least no one will have any thyroid gland disorders.
- infiniphunk, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4"hear ye hear ye!!! we have finally concluded that what we found on Mars is....
..wait for it..
chemicals!"
ah the gullible masses. Duped again! Trust you government folks! - WELLDOITLIVE, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4Jupiter, THERE MUST BE LIFE THERE! Check that big red spot first, looks a little suspicious.
- Flappy3, on 08/05/2008, -1/+5The perchlorate ion is mostly oxygen atoms. Isn't that useful for something?
- MammasMilk, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4That's just a hemorrhoid.
- Gmizzle, on 08/05/2008, -2/+6Sounds extremely fishy. All the marks of a govt cover-up. They found something real and all of the sudden it's just shutdown, just like that. Where is Fox Mulder when you need him, dammit.
- MWeather, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4Nope. The constitution is based on the people electing leaders to look out for their interests. Those people report to the people.
From what I've seen, though, the people are VERY forgiving. - kevinkitching, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4IIRC, Iceland got it's name so invaders would go somewhere else, say Greenland.
Now the Martain soil isn't so friendly?
I'm just saying.... - adamjlynch, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4Cars don't reproduce themselves.
And you're stupid. - migshark, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3Tests have yet to be finalised. Not an ideal finding, but every other brief I could find suggested a high degree of uncertainty.
- shutaro, on 08/05/2008, -1/+4Agreed... There's a reason why it's called the Red Planet.
It's full of communists. - diggydougie, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3Bad news for life. But great news for our mission to mars project. Perchlorate is basically rocket fuel. Free ride home.
- avonalt, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3Don't be so conceited. The search for life has little to do with disproving religion or proving evolution. It's about learning more about the universe we live in, discovering whether there is life like us somewhere out there, and finding new habitats for us to live in. After all, the earth can only support so many of us.
- inactive, on 08/05/2008, -2/+5Naw, it is not like Mars is deadly poison... It is just mild poison.
- maexus, on 08/05/2008, -1/+4Republican Space Rangers - Shoot first, ask questions never!
- snoogit, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3Abort.
- DyceFreak, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3cool, time to begin off-planet drilling for fuels to settle these damn gas prices
- bevans, on 08/05/2008, -1/+4Agreed. I believe the old Shock and Awe tactic would do nicely.
- analbumcover96, on 08/05/2008, -1/+4ummm i call shenanagans!!!
- iamthinker, on 08/05/2008, -0/+3One down trillions to go.
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