'Curiosity' - NASA Mars Rover - Due to land 5th Aug 2012

[Simpo Two]

They should send one of those things to Burma; maybe it can find the buried Spitfires!

[Eric Mc]

Only if they're buried less than six inches deep.

[jmorgan]

mrmr96 said:

Oakey said:

Apparently they've found something but aren't saying yet until the tests confirm whatever 'it' is.

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165513016/big-news-f...

Any update on when they may release more? Any timescales being bandied about?

They have done this before and the world waited with baited breath only to find out something that excited scientists but the rest of the world sort of went EH?

Next meeting says the Martian gallopers web site is Dec 3rd.

Link Looks like another damp squib from someone getting excited.

[jmorgan]

That was very interesting to read this morning.

[FunkyNige]

Caruso said:

NASA have released a great self portrait of the rover made by stitching together pics from the hand lens imager.



Bound to get the conspiracy theorists going i.e. how could it take a picture of all of itself?

This week's report sort of explains how they did it -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QApb9l2JAbQ&fea...

[MartG]

PW said:

It was all a "misunderstanding"

Cue the conspiracy theorists ( who previously said it was all being filmed in Colorado ) to now say it found something and it's being covered up by the CIA

[Benni]

[quote=Oakey]Apparently they've found something but aren't saying yet until the tests confirm whatever 'it' is.

A dark rock with dimensions 1 bx 4 by 9 ?

[jmorgan]

When does the Lord Lucan joke run out? Out of living memory I suppose. With regards the CT aspect, it is amazing what moving a slider can do, that slider then turns you into an expert.

[russ_a]

They won't find anything interesting as Mars is a dead lump of rock.

I wish we would stop messing around and send astronauts to start colonisation.

Tax everyone in the world £1 a month to pay for it.

[Simpo Two]

russ_a said:

I wish we would stop messing around and send astronauts to start colonisation.

Tax everyone in the world £1 a month to pay for it.

Unfortunately we're already paying far more than that to have our own country 'colonised'.

[Eric Mc]

russ_a said:

They won't find anything interesting as Mars is a dead lump of rock.

I wish we would stop messing around and send astronauts to start colonisation.

Tax everyone in the world £1 a month to pay for it.

Gosh - you seem to have better inside knowledge than the entire planetary science community.

If only NASA and ESA had spoken to you first.

[Simpo Two]

Ah yes but once you have astronauts there, they can pick up more lumps of rock and faster. Win win you see!

No doubt 'I Spy' will be a popular game... 'R? Dang...'

[Eric Mc]

Agree.

But you have to go with what's possible sometimes rather than what's desirable.

I would love a team of rock kickers wandering or driving aroumnd the Martian surface. But I now don't think it's going to happen for at least 20-30 years.

[jmorgan]

Serious undertaking with much money and testing before hand and that seems lacking. On the scale of things, the budget for space exploration is still very small as I understand it. The military comparison is mind boggling.

[russ_a]

Shall we have a bet then Eric?

I say they find nothing of interest!

[Rotary Madness]

russ_a said:

Shall we have a bet then Eric?

I say they find nothing of interest!

Could it be a part of beagle?

[Eric Mc]

russ_a said:

Shall we have a bet then Eric?

I say they find nothing of interest!

Depends on what types of things interest you.

[MartG]

Rotary Madness said:

Could it be a part of beagle?

Beagle came down thousands of miles away

[MartG]

Bedazzled said:

It probably missed Mars all together ,

Oh, they reckon they hit Mars, just not sure exactly where http://www.astronomy-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2...

[RealSquirrels]

People go on holiday to dubai don't they?