Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Why Much of the Carbon Dioxide on Mars is Solid
The Sun looks smaller than the moon from Mars; so it's pretty cold there, cold enough to make dry ice as well as real ice at the poles.
I know that this most recent robot landing site is interesting as heck to the scientists, but it has the inspirational impact of a rotten egg.
I really want us to go to Mars. The sooner the better; but there will never be a groundswell of public support for such a dangerous and expensive venture if we only keep going to the parts of Mars that look like Nebraska, but without the interesting vegetation.
Labels: Rocks on Mars
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Is There Life on Mars?
No, of course not. What are you, nuts?
First there was the face (left) which turned out to be nothing but a mesa like hill when we took photos with greater resolution (below).
Now there's the goddess (below) in a photograph with great resolution. Whoa! Except here is the full photograph (click on the second photo below to make it as large as possible--the 'figure' is in the lower left corner) and you can tell the thing is about 2 inches tall. Not the magnificent artifact of the lost Martian civilization we were all hoping for.
It's a wind sculpted pebble.
Sorry.
Labels: Rocks on Mars
