New Mars Forums

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3351023.stm

Just stating facts....

and being frightfully British about the whole thing - stiff upper lip and all that, hey what?

In which case they are being foolish - a manned mission would be able to control it's entry and descent pretty much. Poor Beagle was at the mercy of the elements and a preprogrammed sequence of events. Sometimes you need to be able to wing it, like Armstrong did.

The prospectus for a series of Man-Training Evening Classes in
the New Year:

1. How to fill ice-cube trays. Step by step with slide presentation.

2. Lavatory paper rolls: Do they grow on the holders? Round table discussion.

3. Differences between the laundry basket and the floor. Pictures and graphics.

4. The after-dinner dishes and silverware: Can they levitate and fly into kitchen sink? Examples on video.

5. Loss of identity: Losing the remote to your significant other. Help line and support groups.

6. Learning how to find things, starting with looking in the right place instead of turning the house upside down while screaming. Open forum.

7. Health watch: Bringing her flowers is not harmful to your health.
Graphics and audio tape.

8. Real men ask for directions when lost. Real-life testimonials.

9. Is it genetically impossible to sit quietly as she parallel parks?
Driving simulation.

10. Learning to live: Basic differences between mother and wife. Online class and role playing.

11. How to be the ideal shopping companion. Relaxation exercises, meditation and breathing techniques.

12. How to fight cerebral atrophy: Remembering birthdays, anniversaries, other important dates and calling when you're going to be late. Cerebral shock therapy sessions and full lobotomies offered.

Note: Due to the complexity and level of difficulty of their contents, each course will accept a maximum of eight participants.

Oh, fine, go ahead and mock.

Would NASA be panicing and issuing negative press statements if it was in this situation? No, of course not.

Got to look on the bright side.

They may not be causing it, but given the current rapid trend compared with the ice records of previous temperature changes, they do appear to be having an accelerating effect.

I feel that the Powers That Be should be talking of Mars via the Moon. Testing man's ability to live on low gravity planets while still within reach of home in case of emergency.

And I am confident that the technologies developed to solve the problems of living off Earth will have benefits here too. Like non-fossil fuel transport, recycling techniques, etc.

Well, after the Mir and Skylab catastrophes, you can understand them wanting to make sure nothing much re-enters the atmosphere...

A simple phrase children use?

You're not serious I hope.

Contaminate the planet before we've had a chance to properly find out if there really is any indigenous life there?

Time running out for Mars mission

True communism is holding all material goods in common in a community for the benefit of all.

This generally only happens in communities whose primary motivation is not for material goods, but spiritual growth and the well being of others. Convents, monasteries and so on.

The rest of us can't quite get our heads around not actually having sole ownership of some object or other, so it fails.

Sadly, Moonbase Alpha is looking in jeopardy

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/m … 01112.html

due to lack of water......................

Well, not until they get a big black out like New York did.

My contacts there were stunned at the night sky, once they could finally see it.