I'm guessing that we'll be hearing something history making from the Curiosity Rover on Mars very soon..... :)
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Ooh Smilo.. Do you have "inside" information?
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165513016/big-news-from-mars-rover-scientists-mum-for-now
I have to say that when I read that for the first time my curiosity was significantly piqued. Can't wait to hear what they have to say!
I'm putting my bet on some form of evidence of amino acids or similar hinting at the presence of low level biological goings on and the whole "life on mars" sensationalism that will follow.
My money is on Lord Lucan
Good call blunt
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Oooooo........you got it I think......there'll be a snapshot from the lander of him riding past on Shergar
Posted in 'Seriously though', not 'Look what I found on the Internet' :)
Perhaps some of them could join tDmw and help get the social raiding group going
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Can we keep this on topic please, we are in the seriously though forum. Sensible discussion about what the discovery might be and then about what it actually is.
The humorous ideas about the discovery are great but maybe should go in another thread. Thanks
:)
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Can't help but think it's going to be something underwhelming, but I'm still intrigued.
I've been following Curiosity's Facebook page and the pictures its been beaming back from Mars are amazing.
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My real bet is that they have discovered "organic molecules"
which isn't surprising as the galaxy is full of the stuff.
Expect to be underwhelmed
(I'd love it if it was something more exciting though)
:)
That or ancient fossil remains of some single celled creature. I'm hoping it's concrete proof that something is living or lived on Mars but I'm also ready to be underwhelmed.
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Remnants of a long gone breathable atmosphere?
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/10/curiosity-rover-identifies-object?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Outbrain%2BCampaign2
I'm more inclined to believe THIS (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-377)
rather than THIS (http://nasaupdatecenter.us/press.html)
I sense Tin Hats being donned
(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-377)
Yep, I also read that it was (once again) misreporting by the press. So it seems Curiosity Rover will make many important, profound and exciting discoveries about Mars but nothing that will make for screaming front page headlines and instant increases in sales and advertising revenue for the various press outlets.
Quote from: smilodon;362416Yep, I also read that it was (once again) misreporting by the press. So it seems Curiosity Rover will make many important, profound and exciting discoveries about Mars but nothing that will make for screaming front page headlines and instant increases in sales and advertising revenue for the various press outlets.
I see no correlation between the importance of the discoveries and the likelihood of screaming front page headlines...
Exactly. It's aliens or they're not interested :sad:
To be honest, I don't see how a piece of debris from the rover missions being found is news.
Relatively speaking, it's like claiming that finding a bottle cap inside the sofa is news after you opened/drank a case of beer the day before.
Finding some sort of remnants of air, plants or some other new weird thing, that would be news alright.
There seems to be a couple of stories doing the rounds at the moment. One is about what must be some debris from the Curiosity landing and the other is a press misinterpretation of an interview with a scientist about what they may or may not have found through experiments. At the moment it seems there isn't actually single huge discovery from the Rover, just a lot of really good science.
This (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/PressConf20121129.html) is quite some news.