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May 18 2005, 06:29 PM
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Some pretty complex driving by the look of it:
http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/fo...E0P1214R0M1.JPG Now this is odd: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/mars/spirit/na...E0P0617R0M1.JPG It looks like some of the rocks have slid down the dune |
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May 22 2005, 06:16 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 21 2005, 02:47 PM) Shiver me timbers! Are you suggesting we'll eventually be drilling impact sites on Mars to harvest hydrocarbons? -------------------- ...Tom
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May 22 2005, 12:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
The 'Tommy Gold' reference was more in regard to his ability to think out of the box - a bit like Fred Hoyle. A lot of their ideas didn't pan out, but they were always interesting!
And as for the cosmic origins for hydrocarbons hypothesis, well it seems unlikely at first glance but... -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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May 22 2005, 06:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ May 22 2005, 07:25 AM) The 'Tommy Gold' reference was more in regard to his ability to think out of the box - a bit like Fred Hoyle. A lot of their ideas didn't pan out, but they were always interesting! Tommy Gold's problem wasn't that he thought outside of the box (which claim I question just a bit) -- it was that, in the face of overwhelming evidence that his theory was invalid, he not only stuck to it, he got louder and more shrill about it right up to the point where men actually walked on the Moon. Face it -- after two successful Luna and five successful Surveyor landings proved that the lunar regolith was sturdy enough to support all sorts of weight, the man was still strongly (and publicly) pressuring NASA to include a set of large weights with brightly colored flags attached that were to be shot out in front of the LM as it descended, to make *absolutely sure* that the surrface below wasn't a meters-deep quagmire of lunar quicksand. "Thinking outside the box" is no excuse for vociferously hanging on to theories that have been discredited. -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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May 22 2005, 07:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
But a flag-draped LM would have been *entertaining* at the very least!
-------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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