Ho-hum just another blasé landing on Mars

[Bill in SD, CA]

Hardly anything on the news.

Guess this is getting to be old hat.

NASA's second Mars rover lands safely

8 pics

Bill

[tony_j15]

10 buck says it goes belly up within the week.

[Chuckiechan]

I guess if they find water, then they can figure out how to extract it and from there manufacture fuel.

What is the significance of grey hematitie?

[John Prophet]

"grey hematitie" huh? sounds like a sexual dysfunction

[wallie_x]

The Lure of Hematite. ... Here on Earth a gray-hued variety of iron oxide, a mineral called
hematite, can precipitate in hot springs or in standing pools of water. ...

That's why.
HERE!

[OuTpaTienT]

Originally posted by tony_j15
10 buck says it goes belly up within the week.

You're on Tony. 10 bucks.

[super gerbil]

lol


Well I am not sure what to think of it

I am all over the space program and I really hope that this will succeed

[Heavy_Equipment]

Oh look, the U.S.'s health care funding has successfully joined the education funding on Mars.

What a waste.

[lost-and-found]

can someone explain to me how they get the colors right on the mars pictures? From what I understand the rovers send b&w pictures only, and then the pics get enhanced. How do the peeps at NASA know what colors the stuff should be?

[OuTpaTienT]

Originally posted by lost-and-found
can someone explain to me how they get the colors right on the mars pictures? From what I understand the rovers send b&w pictures only, and then the pics get enhanced. How do the peeps at NASA know what colors the stuff should be?

We have these things called telescopes.