Major Mars Announcement from NASA - where's Jerry?

[Tall_James]

<p>Hey Jerry Lehane - they may have found water on Mars!&nbsp;</p><p>He's probably in a catatonic state over this.&nbsp; Expect the unviewable photoshopped pictures momentarily.</p><p><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/dec/HQ_M06186_Mars_Briefing.html">http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/dec/HQ_M06186_Mars_Briefing.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=420833&amp;in_page_id=1770">Story</a></p><p>Wake me when they discover the green martian hookers.</p>

[Don Stugots]

<p><font face="verdana" size="0" color="white"><strong>Major Mars Announcement from NASA </strong></font><font face="verdana" size="0" color="white"><strong>Major Mars Announcement fr</strong></font></p><p><font face="verdana" size="1" color="black"><strong>Major Mars Announcement from NASA</strong></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ron and fez will now be doing their show from mars. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[Furtherman]

<p>Yesterday some new images were released and one of them was showing what looked like ice in a crater.&nbsp; It might have something to do with that.</p><p><a href="http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn10714-stunning-snaps-from-best-camera-ever-sent-to-mars.html" target="_blank">A strangely persistent patch of frozen water is among the features imaged by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) in the first few days since it started its main phase of science observations.</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Although.....&nbsp; big announcement from NASA and Ron &amp; Fez on the same day?!?!&nbsp; Hmmmm.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

all that money to look at that. we have our own dead sea right here

[sailor]

<font size="2">AND a permanent <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/04/moon.base/" target="_blank" title="moon unit">moon base</a> by 2024??<br /></font>

[Don Stugots]

<strong>bronxmarc</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">AND a permanent <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/12/04/moon.base/" target="_blank" title="moon unit">moon base</a> by 2024??<br /></font><p>&nbsp;i would love to have a moon base.&nbsp; i want to make egg nog there and shuttle it to other planets. </p>

[Furtherman]

<p>I was just watching the announcement and it seems they are claiming that there is water flowing on Mars TODAY.</p><p>20 years ago they felt that there probably was water on Mars a billion years ago.</p><p>10 years ago they thought a million years ago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now there is evidence for water there NOW.&nbsp; That's significant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'm buying stock in Mars Water.&nbsp; Because we're running out of the fresh stuff here.</p>

[TheRealEddie]

Sounds promising but as the chief scientist from JPL&nbsp;cautioned at a talk I attended several years ago, there are liquids&nbsp;other than&nbsp;water that can cause the same effects. Either way, sounds cool and another notch in NASA's belt. These guys deserve some serious props.

[Mike Teacher]

<div>Huge for two reasons if it's true and it's water:</div><div>1. If there is liquid water present still, it really ups the ante for possible life there, present or past. Little atmosphere means the UV flux is pretty horrific, which should fry most life like ours, but our earth teems life-forms that survive and thrive at insane temps and pressures, anyway, Possible Life on Mars is a real good selling point for a NASA Manned Mars mission and liquid water is Huge coz</div><div>2. Liquid water solves a huge problem w/ actually going to Mars. Taking H2O sucks, water is heavy and takes up space and we need lots. But if we had water on Mars we solves two biggies, Power and that pesky breathing stuff.</div><div>Water = Power and Oxygen. It's how Apollo powered their LEM and CSM. When you put an electric current through water it breaks H2O into H and O, Hydrogen and Oxygen gas. We do this in 9th grade lab. You put electricity in the water and you have oxygen to breathe and both&nbsp;gases can be used as power sources.</div><div>and we need to see if, like Klandathu, it's a Bug Planet.</div>

[Mike Teacher]

<strong>TheRealEddie</strong> wrote:<br />Sounds promising but as the chief scientist from JPL&nbsp;cautioned at a talk I attended several years ago, there are liquids&nbsp;other than&nbsp;water that can cause the same effects. Either way, sounds cool and another notch in NASA's belt. These guys deserve some serious props. <p>me and another chief scientist from JPL at a talk I attended 12 [ack!] years ago. </p><p>He woulda loved this story.</p><p>Still miss the guy... [tear]</p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/me03-1.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="238" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[TheRealEddie]

<p>Damn, I don't have a picture <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/down.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />..but I did catch one of the laser pointers he threw out after his solo.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I was just watching the announcement and it seems they are claiming that there is water flowing on Mars TODAY.</p><p><strong><u>20 years ago</u></strong> they felt that there probably was water on Mars a billion years ago.</p><p><strong><u>10 years ago</u></strong> they thought a million years ago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><u>Now </u></strong>there is evidence for water there NOW.&nbsp; That's significant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'm buying stock in Mars Water.&nbsp; Because we're running out of the fresh stuff here.</p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">What bullshit will they make up <u>tomorrow?</u></font></strong></p>

[boeman]

That picture looks like a high res close up&nbsp;photo of my leather jacket.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by boeman on 12-7-06 @ 12:17 AM</span>

[PapaBear]

<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I was just watching the announcement and it seems they are claiming that there is water flowing on Mars TODAY.</p><p><strong><u>20 years ago</u></strong> they felt that there probably was water on Mars a billion years ago.</p><p><strong><u>10 years ago</u></strong> they thought a million years ago.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><u>Now </u></strong>there is evidence for water there NOW.&nbsp; That's significant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I'm buying stock in Mars Water.&nbsp; Because we're running out of the fresh stuff here.</p><p><font face="courier new,courier"><strong><font size="3">What bullshit will they make up <u>tomorrow?</u></font></strong></font></p><p>Mars water flows uphill.</p><p>Mars water is carbonated.</p><p>Mars water listens.</p>

[sr71blackbird]

<p>I am a little dissapointed, to be honest.&nbsp; I had heard a &quot;major&quot; announcement was coming and waited with inticipation, and what do we get?&nbsp; A hill with a streak down the side?&nbsp; Come on.&nbsp; Show me puddles, show me a lake or a glistining shimmer off the sand, something!&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

This isn't about Mars, but I didn't want to start a new thread...

If you don't live near many lights, you can see the Internations Space Station right now. It reaches it's highest point at 10:08PM. I'm pretty sure I just saw it in the South sky... not real high.

[Death Metal Moe]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/njdmmoe/MarsTrees.jpg

[PapaBear]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/njdmmoe/MarsTrees.jpg
Miss Jerry

[Death Metal Moe]

Miss Jerry

That makes one of us.

[Death Metal Moe]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/njdmmoe/LifeOnVenus.jpg

[torker]

J3rry come back
any kind of fool could see
that moe was wrong
and we just can't live with out you

[Judge Smails]

If anyone is interested in what Jerry is up to: Linky Thingy (http://www.jerrylehane.com/)

The Giganta artwork is brilliant.

The 2 Foot Tall Man (http://www.mojunkprod.com/video/2FtTallMan.cfm)needs to be seen to be believed.