The Press and the Man on Mars |
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The Press and the Man on Mars |
 Jan 25 2008, 08:06 AM
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QUOTE (MichaelT @ Jan 24 2008, 04:51 PM)  The German tabloid "Bild" also picked up the story... How unexpected... http://www.bild.t-online.de/BILD/news/verm...eo=3564088.html "Experts argue - who or what is there on Mars?" Well, ok, they don't seem to take it entirely seriously as they speculate whether or not it could be a Marti**, the Yet* or, quite tasteless, missing Steve Fossett. Anyway, they also asked their "experts" who think the first thing could be true. Thanks Eric! The turtle is my favorite, too  And the ??!!!??? immediately reminded me of the Dark Angel from Arches NP!Michael Yes, and the Mars-Rover is named "Messenger"  Sorry Spirit...
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Jan 25 2008, 09:27 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 156 Joined: 18-March 05 From: Germany Member No.: 211 |
QUOTE (Captain-S @ Jan 25 2008, 09:06 AM) Yes, and the Mars-Rover is named "Messenger" Sorry Spirit... Oh, yeah! I completely missed that mistake. Michael |
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Jan 25 2008, 09:57 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 25 2008, 12:16 AM) Is it just the image being grabbed or are they actually visiting the page? The FARK link point to the thread, not directly to the image. -------------------- |
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Jan 25 2008, 07:01 PM
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 Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 23-December 05 From: Forest of Dean Member No.: 617 |
QUOTE (ugordan @ Jan 24 2008, 06:15 PM) ... and don't forget Halloween cats! ...or the telephone just spotted over on Mercury... goodness, if that's the size of their handsets, I'd hate to see the table it sits on. -------------------- --
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Jan 26 2008, 02:29 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 21-November 06 From: JPL Member No.: 1381 |
I thought you might like to see this story, from today's El Mercurio newspaper in Santiago, Chile.
The headline is: Vacas, patos y hasta Jabba the Hutt aparecen en foto de Marte Or in English: Cows, ducks and even Jabba the Hutt appear in photo of Mars The reporter called me about sasquatch, but I was able to direct her to this thread and Eric's montage. She loved it. Eric, I hope you approve. She refers to you by name in the story. El "astrónomo aficionado" canadiense Eric Hartwell, revisó la misma imagen y encontró variados especímenes en la misma imagen, encontrando un pato, un oso polar y una tortuga, entre otras cosas. Unfortunately, she didn't give the correct credit on the image. I'm emailing a correction (and she placed me in D.C. instead of Pasadena). The rest of the story is here : http://www.emol.com/noticias/internacional...dnoticia=290132 I lived in Chile (way back when) so I was thrilled this reporter was interested in the real story. (If people need a translation, I'll try to do it later tonight) V |
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Jan 26 2008, 02:52 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3233 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
QUOTE (imipak @ Jan 25 2008, 12:01 PM) ...or the telephone just spotted over on Mercury... goodness, if that's the size of their handsets, I'd hate to see the table it sits on. Apparently Mercurians are 15 years behind us in cell phone technology. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
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Jan 26 2008, 08:05 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
QUOTE (vmcgregor @ Jan 26 2008, 03:29 AM) I thought you might like to see this story, from today's El Mercurio newspaper in Santiago, Chile. The headline is: Vacas, patos y hasta Jabba the Hutt aparecen en foto de Marte Or in English: Cows, ducks and even Jabba the Hutt appear in photo of Mars V Thanks ...Ve... Nice to see the press can get it right. This article could go in the topic "bad reporting,..." as an counter exemple Eric's picture is a real break through. I hope it'll be used broadly. -------------------- |
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Jan 30 2008, 02:12 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Well, looks like it didn't even get to be a nine-day wonder. For awhile there, even the local news was running it here in Los Angeles but to their credit they also clearly stated that it was just a rather small rock, and treated it as a fun story.
The challenge is clear. We need to find minibigfeet on all present & future planetary missions to get decent press coverage!!!  EDIT: Had another look at Eric's now-famous montage, and the high-speed turtle has utterly convinced me that resistance is futile. I knew this day would come; I knew that we would someday meet our aerodynamically superior reptilian sucessors, with minimal O2 requirements. All hail the HST!!! Hell, I bet he can even roll over with minimal difficulty, unlike some over-rated terrestrial mammals... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Jan 31 2008, 07:17 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 13-October 06 Member No.: 1251 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 30 2008, 02:12 AM) I knew this day would come; I knew that we would someday meet our aerodynamically superior reptilian sucessors, with minimal O2 requirements. All hail the HST!!! Hell, I bet he can even roll over with minimal difficulty, unlike some over-rated terrestrial mammals... Most of his gyroscopes are out of action until the next servicing mission, so we're safe until then. |
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Jan 31 2008, 07:43 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I've ordered mine.
 http://www.cafepress.com/chrislintott The imagination to come up with the phrase ' high speed turtle ' is superb. I'm really looking forward to giving talks in a few months where I can use these as a great lesson in para...paradoil - peradoil..err...screw it - that 'seeing faces in stuff' effect. Doug |
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