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- cease, on 11/18/2008, -0/+49The more information that we seem to collect on Mars, the more astonishing it gets! I love science.
- Cludgo, on 11/18/2008, -6/+17Forget the ocean, what the fack is the red arrow pointing at?!
- Harabeck, on 11/18/2008, -1/+11RTA: "Maybe it was the formation of the giant volcanoes (indicated by the red arrows in the above image)"
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -2/+12JESUS HORSES!!
- idioteque1025, on 11/18/2008, -1/+9Sometimes I wish Saturn or Jupiter was the planet closest to us that we were exploring. I bet there is a bunch of crazy ***** going on there that we don't know about.
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/18/2008, -1/+8That's pretty lame. Would've been better if you'd made a joke about finding martians on the planet, and pushing them further and further towards the crappy part of the planet until we had to give them mars reservations and pay for the college education for hundreds of years after the fact.
Yeah, that would've been more funny. - andyb747, on 11/18/2008, -1/+7kuato lives
- troposquare, on 11/18/2008, -2/+8If only we could go back in time and be on Mars when there were oceans. The temperatures would have been balmy (liquid water), there would have been some sort of reasonable atmosphere (no oxygen...... although is Mars red because the iron has oxidised?) and I suppose the core of the planet might have still been molten, so there may have been a magnetic field protecting the surface from harmful radiation.
sigh - doublefelix, on 11/18/2008, -0/+6not as hard as Uranus
- ultraseamus, on 11/18/2008, -1/+6So you are saying that if given the chance to magically time travel and transport ourselves to Mars, we should not because we might starve? That's like saying that if we had a chance to ride a Velociraptor we should not because it would probably kill us.
- ViSioN, on 11/18/2008, -1/+6The article says volcanoes.
- inactive, on 11/18/2008, -2/+6If Saturn and/or Jupiter were as close to us as Mars is, we'd be completely *****!
- PGPirate, on 11/18/2008, -1/+5Write this down. M.A.R.S. That's right! Mars, bitches!
- ProfessorRiffs, on 11/18/2008, -0/+4People who matter care. We now know that you belong to the other group of people.
- inactive, on 11/18/2008, -0/+4And the dictionary says "buried".
- Harabeck, on 11/18/2008, -0/+4It definately would have had a molten core at some point. And the oxygen levels would be less than Earth, the only reason we have so much is because of metabolizing life, it's one of the few ways to get oxygen not bonded with other stuff, oxides like the rust on Mars is pretty common though.
- pw378, on 11/18/2008, -0/+3Barad'Dur?
- Garofoli, on 11/18/2008, -1/+4I say yes. There is much evidence to prove past water bodies on Mars.
- netneutrality, on 11/18/2008, -0/+3Our solar system is much huger than that. The distances between planets are tens of thousands of times greater than the sizes of the planets themselves.
- pw378, on 11/18/2008, -0/+3"...knowing where Mars went wrong gives us great insight into our own planet. If you think we’re wasting money on researching Mars, then I suggest you take a cold, hard look at that cold, hard planet, then look out your window at our own home world."
- GiJoeBob, on 11/18/2008, -1/+4Get your ass to Mars.
- ultraseamus, on 11/18/2008, -1/+4Reminds me of south park, now all you have to do is jump into a pool of water with a TiVo full of Mars documentaries.
- netneutrality, on 11/18/2008, -1/+3Well Saturn and Jupiter don't have surfaces. They're just balls of gas that get denser as you go down, so they're not much to look at up close. They do have over 60 moons each though, and some of those are much more interesting.
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2that was pretty good!
- inactive, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2The fact that they aren't anymore ridiculous than most religions doesn't make them not ridiculous.
Their religion is based on the stupidest mythology I've ever heard of.
I found Mormons to be bigots who only act nice towards white heterosexual christians. - inactive, on 11/18/2008, -5/+7Well they did come here and lived with humans when they were warned not to do so.
The lifeblood water of their planet was used to kill off all of earth's tainted genetics except for a few pure humans that survived the flooding to carry on the human race.
Once the flood completed it's purpose the lands of Earth were reformed to accommodate the extra water.
And now you know what to happened to all that water that once existed on Mars. - inactive, on 11/18/2008, -2/+4I wonder, if we ever get to live on Mars, if there will be a guy named "Jack Smith" who will find magic plates left behind by the martian Jesus.
And if so, will it include polygamy. - roddack, on 11/18/2008, -2/+4I wonder if the Whalers on the moon are going to head to mars then and carry their harpoons
- indiancompanion, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2sorry for not knowing this, but what song are you talking about?
- inactive, on 11/18/2008, -2/+4Yeah but that doesn't mock Mormons.
Which is the whole point. Because Mormons are ridiculous. - doublefelix, on 11/18/2008, -1/+3There's a bunch of crazy ***** going on in my pants that we don't know about.
- mediahaze, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2I spent about an hour last night on the wiki for planet earth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth ) and I had the exact same thoughts!
Science pwns! - MyNameIsGusto, on 11/18/2008, -1/+3I was quoting Dan Quayle.
- Tankslap, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2What would Bob Marley's band be doing with harpoons?
- stuffradio, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2Who you gonna call... GHOST BUSTERS!
- stuffradio, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2No we don't, we just need to offer you up as a sacrifice! :D
- stuffradio, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2Wahey!
- Witchdoktor, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1David Bowie man.
- sgiffy, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2What you come up when stoned is generally not an accurate view of things. Trust me.
- SexyFarts, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1"Of COURSE Mars had oceans. They were a thriving planet until that mess with the magnetic field threw them into chaos. Fortunately, they thought ahead and seeded that nice blue planet this side of Venus. The Martians are gone but we’re here thanks to their generosity and foresight. It was nice of them to hurl a big rock at our planet to get rid of those nasty dinosaurs, too. Now if some other civilization would do something about the Republicans down here…"
post taken from the article - sgiffy, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1I think its somewhat inevitable barring us preventing it through technology. Eventually a comet or asteroid of sufficient size will hit us, or the process the fuel the core will stop, or finally the sun will die out.
- ATLien74, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2Fack, if I know.
- pw378, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2Achalempoipas: I used to mock mormons myself. However, in the past 12 years I've lived all over the country, from California to Wisconsin, Alaska to Virginia.. Having met a lot of people with a wide variety of beliefs, personalities and traits, I must say that I have found Mormons to be among the most educated, intelligent, decent and likable.
Judge people by their actions and character, not by your personal ignorance and bigotries. - Phearce, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2The Z-scale (height) in the graphic is exaggerated to better represent elevation.
- OsiVert, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1I was taught that the sun would become a red giant and engulf the inner solar system before any planets became sucked in by gravity.
- OsiVert, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1The Martians love Kuato. They think he's f'n George Washington
- warriorscot, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1Until we actually know what happened there is no reason it couldn't happen to the earth, for example if the earths magnetic field were to disappear for whatever reason we would be toast, same goes if the planet core solidified it happened on mars and we really don't know enough to say it could never happen to us even if it is unlikely. Also if it was caused by massive volcanism its very possible it could happen to the earth which is very tectonically active.
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1dude they got kicked out of Hartford like 10 years ago
- beesaretasty, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1And the dictionary also says dig.
- seanovan, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1"loss of its magnetic field that exposed its atmosphere to erosion by the solar wind."
Experts talk of our north and south poles moving and possibly "flipping", I hope it has nothing to do with being eroded by solar winds. -
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