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USTRAX! Here is your Abyss.

Marslauncher View Member Profile	Mar 17 2007, 09:58 AM Post #1
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 22-October 04 Member No.: 102	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6461201.stm Scientists studying pictures from Nasa's Odyssey spacecraft have spotted what they think may be seven caves on the surface of Mars. well I guess that makes habitats a much easier task of creating now, plus with whatever we find in the walls of Valles Marineris.

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Marslauncher USTRAX! Here is your Abyss. Mar 17 2007, 09:58 AM

Rakhir It may be a nice target for HiRISE ! Mar 17 2007, 10:22 AM

Toma B Wow! Nice place to send Robot-Speleologist..... Mar 17 2007, 10:42 AM

tasp B)-->QUOTE(Toma B @ Mar 17 2007, 05:42 AM... Mar 17 2007, 03:40 PM

JTN Here's the abstract. The Nature article sugges... Mar 17 2007, 11:12 AM

MarsIsImportant I'm not too surprised at all about this find. ... Mar 17 2007, 03:10 PM

nprev Even more exciting, what about ancient sulfate sta... Mar 17 2007, 03:51 PM

tasp Would we recognize a kimberlite pipe in any of the... Mar 17 2007, 03:53 PM

MarsIsImportant It sounds like, if these extensive cave networks d... Mar 17 2007, 04:37 PM

tty Considering the surrounding terrain and location t... Mar 17 2007, 05:28 PM

nprev We need to know more about these for many reasons,... Mar 17 2007, 05:57 PM

dvandorn My only concern for the suitability of these caves... Mar 18 2007, 12:54 AM

SFJCody http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005LPI....36.1051B ... Mar 18 2007, 08:02 AM

pch Yes, you can found stalactites in basalt cave... Mar 18 2007, 09:58 AM

edstrick Lave-tube igneous speleothems will be about the sa... Mar 18 2007, 10:05 AM

tasp An examination of broken stalagmites and stalactit... Mar 18 2007, 01:46 PM

nprev Agreed...would love to see cross-sections of same... Mar 18 2007, 03:52 PM

edstrick http://www.stoneaerospace.com is getting ready to... Mar 19 2007, 09:19 AM

ustrax QUOTE (Marslauncher @ Mar 17 2007, 09:58 ... Mar 19 2007, 10:22 AM

helvick Bill Stone is definitely a man to keep an eye on. ... Mar 19 2007, 10:36 AM

ustrax Here they are... http://i16.photobucket.com/album... Mar 19 2007, 11:49 AM

ustrax QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 19 2007, 11:49 AM) ht... Mar 19 2007, 03:20 PM

djellison If you've taken the cave 'targets' fro... Mar 19 2007, 03:45 PM

elakdawalla No, those pictures are indeed VIS. Here's the... Mar 19 2007, 03:54 PM

djellison That'll teach me to comment without digging fi... Mar 19 2007, 04:05 PM

tty QUOTE (djellison @ Mar 19 2007, 05:05 PM)... Mar 19 2007, 06:40 PM

djellison QUOTE (tty @ Mar 19 2007, 06:40 PM) They ... Mar 19 2007, 06:41 PM

babakm Doug, I'm not sure you have the names matched... Mar 19 2007, 05:01 PM

djellison I just listed the names in the order they were, an... Mar 19 2007, 05:07 PM

ustrax So...this must be Clöhe and Jeanne, right? About J... Mar 19 2007, 05:20 PM

babakm H1904 is a pretty dark image anyway. BTW, Dena is... Mar 19 2007, 05:17 PM

djellison Pulled out what I can find from the HRSC images...... Mar 19 2007, 08:05 PM

hendric I guess this is a pretty stupid question, but why ... Mar 19 2007, 09:28 PM

ngunn QUOTE (hendric @ Mar 19 2007, 09:28 PM) I... Mar 20 2007, 02:50 PM

tty Perhaps impactors punched holes in the roof? Even ... Mar 19 2007, 10:03 PM

babakm They look transposed vs the original images, but o... Mar 19 2007, 10:18 PM

jaredGalen Is there any radar coverage of any of these areas ... May 24 2007, 01:01 AM

PhilCo126 APD : http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html Jun 6 2007, 08:51 PM

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