Comments for: Saturday science subject: Martian glaciers

#2. Posted at 12:45 PM on Nov 22nd 2008

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matic

What would be the scientific interest of a manned mission to Mars ("except" solving the huge problems to get there and back and learn from that)? I'm more excited for the James Webb Space Telescope, can't wait for those great wallpapers!

#2, You're kidding right? You can't think of any scientific inte... : Kulith (#6) «

#6, No. I can't. : ssidbroadcast (#7) «

#6, I somehow feel that there is a lot of scientific interest... : matic (#11) «

#11, In the very long term, staying on Earth is a death sen... : SPOOFE (#15) «

#6, You can't answer a question with a question. :P : eitje (#23) «

#23, No, but you can respond to a question with a question. : SPOOFE (#27) «

#27, Can you respond with a rhetorical question? : Scrotos (#39) «

#2, You believe in backing up your data and keeping off-site sto... : mnecaise (#9) «

#9, Er, okay but what do we do with that storage post-mortem? : ssidbroadcast (#10) «

#2, Maybe "The settlers VIII: survivors of fusion bomb disaster"... : glacius555 (#14) «

#14, Fusion bomb? Pure fiction, We can't even make a practical... : JokerCPoC (#16) «

#16, Controlled fusion with sustainable surplus power has n... : wesley96 (#22) «

#16, What are you talking about? We've had fusion bombs sin... : SPOOFE (#28) «

#16, Because someone here thinks a fusion bomb is fiction i... : jdaven (#34) «

#2, The scientific interest is human's fundamental desire to lea... : shank15217 (#24) «

#24, Eventually this can be achieved with probes at a much les... : matic (#25) «

#25, Yes, we can use probes to gather some information abou... : SPOOFE (#29) «

#2, Mars is a low-pressure, low-gravity environment. We can simul... : eitje (#26) «

#26, The low-pressure low-gravity part convince me a lot less ... : matic (#30) «

#30, yeah, gotta know your target audience when crafting a ... : eitje (#37) «

#38. Posted at 10:55 AM on Nov 24th 2008

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blastdoor

All those Total Recall doubters have to be feeling pretty embarrassed right about now... ;-)

#1. Posted at 12:33 PM on Nov 22nd 2008

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ssidbroadcast

Just make it a one way trip.

#1, watch out for the bumps! : odizzido (#5) «

#1, I nominate We send You then, You'd be screaming at the top o... : JokerCPoC (#20) «

#1, One plan for exploring Mars kind of IS a one-way trip, sorta... : SPOOFE (#21) «

#21, Here, here. This is one smart post, not the originator of... : jdaven (#35) «

#35, Like I said, there's obviously leaps that need to be m... : SPOOFE (#36) «

#12. Posted at 03:34 PM on Nov 22nd 2008

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Captain Ned

The sooner we spread humanity to more places than this one rock, the more likely we survive our first major "misunderstanding" with fusion bombs.

Abundant and readily reachable water goes a long way to ensuring that man can live there for some appreciable time absent deliveries from home.

#12, I sincerely doubt fusion bombs will lead to the extinction o... : BobbinThreadbare (#13) «

#13, Yeah We've got more than enough nuclear weapons to do tha... : JokerCPoC (#17) «

#17, We already have developed nuclear fusion reaction devi... : Krogoth (#31) «

#17, Many nuclear bombs in our arsenal are now fusion bombs... : jdaven (#33) «

#13, It will certainly bring an end to civilization as we now ... : Krogoth (#32) «

#3. Posted at 12:45 PM on Nov 22nd 2008

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FireGryphon

So, we go to Mars, process some oxygen to breathe and hydrogen to fuel our cells, and then come back home.

Where does the space marine stuff come in?

#3, We send them once the first astronauts find and open a porta... : BobTheBacterium (#4) «

#4, queue DOOM... : ReAp3r-G (#8) «

#8, Then someone can call for the Enterprise! ;) : JokerCPoC (#19) «

#18. Posted at 11:35 PM on Nov 22nd 2008, Edited at 11:37 PM on Nov 22nd 2008

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JokerCPoC

Sounds interesting, Maybe there's hope for life there yet.