Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Yay, what clever monkeys we humans are. http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/ Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 May 25, 2008 NASA's Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars today to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander's robotic arm. Radio signals received at 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) confirmed the Phoenix Mars Lander had survived its difficult final descent and touchdown 15 minutes earlier. The signals took that long to travel from Mars to Earth at the speed of light. Mission team members at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver; and the University of Arizona, Tucson, cheered confirmation of the landing and eagerly awaited further information from Phoenix later tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 wow it took less than a year to get to Mars. Manned mission sounds doable. Any volunteers? Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 Originally Posted By: thursday. wow it took less than a year to get to Mars. Manned mission sounds doable. Any volunteers? I'd be up for that. It would be pretty cool to stand on another planet. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 could also mean you won't be coming back. I'll wait for the tourist rides first. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 Yeah, but by the time the tourists arrive the place will become commercial and there will be problems with drunk Aussies and theft (no theft or other crimes now I bet) and anywhere decent will be tracked out. Better to get up there early and grab some first tracks Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 The "Mars" science fiction trilogy written by Kim Stanely Robinson was a great meditation on the the first human habitation of Mars, its terraforming, and possible social/political/economic alternatives to Earths. Brilliant read, especially if you like 'hard' science fiction (emphasis on the science). Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 26, 2008 Author Share Posted May 26, 2008 They are a series of books aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I'm too lazy to read them. I need a short cut. How do they produce the atmosphere required for human habitation? Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 takes a LONG time. They start by trying to thicken the atmosphete incrementally until it can sustain lichen and mosses. They pump a lot of greenhouse gasses, trying to warm things up until the polar caps can start melting more (releasing mostly co2) they also redirect some icy meteors into the atmoshere, letting them burn up and thicken it more. He gets REALLY into it. As well as the aerophany. Interesting stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Originally Posted By: Rag-Doll Yeah, but by the time the tourists arrive the place will become commercial and there will be problems with drunk Aussies and theft (no theft or other crimes now I bet) and anywhere decent will be tracked out. Better to get up there early and grab some first tracks Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Im with RD, Id love to go to the moon or another planet. How wicked would that be! Actually prolly be pretty damn boring I guess but all the same Id like to go. Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 Not enough gravity for ski/board or DH MTB. Link to post Share on other sites
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