Mars Rover Discovery

[Flying_Nun]

Live discussion at 2 PM EDT today.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-host-live-discussion-on-new-mars-science-results

 

[Pilawt]

They found Marvin?

 

[AggieMike88]

Or maybe Dejah Thoris sunbathing in the nude?

 

[SkyDog58]

What actually killed the cat?

 

[AggieMike88]

What actually killed the cat?

You have to open the box to find that out.

 

[Matthew]

If it discovered oil or BBQ, Mars will have human colonies in two years.

 

[Salty]

If it discovered oil or BBQ, Mars will have human colonies in two years.

Or an overpriced coffee shop.

 

[Stingray Don]

Bacon. Because even mars is better with bacon.

 

[Sac Arrow]

It should find Sugar, Glucose Syrup (Sources include Wheat), Milk Solids, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Barley Malt Extract, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Salt , Egg White, Natural Flavour (Vanilla Extract).

 

[asicer]

You have to open the box to find that out.

But if you did that then the cat won't be dead anymore.

 

[AggieMike88]

It should find Sugar, Glucose Syrup (Sources include Wheat), Milk Solids, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Barley Malt Extract, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Salt , Egg White, Natural Flavour (Vanilla Extract).

That reminds me.... I wonder if @SixPapaCharlie has been brewing some new batches of beer

 

[overdrive148]

It should find Sugar, Glucose Syrup (Sources include Wheat), Milk Solids, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Barley Malt Extract, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Salt , Egg White, Natural Flavour (Vanilla Extract).

 

[DaleB]

My guess would be the ingredients of a Mars Bar.

 

[Palmpilot]

Every time I pull weeds, I console myself by thinking, "On Mars, weeds would be a MIRACLE!"

I suppose they've had the press conference by now.

 

[Matthew]

TIGHAR going to be asking for more money soon?

 

[azure]

Methane in the atmosphere, and organic molecules in ancient mudstones. Waiting for tomorrow's issue of Science for the details.

 

[DaleB]

TIGHAR going to be asking for more money soon?

Well, since Hitler is definitely not on the moon, maybe they'll branch out and start checking other planets for Amelia.

 

[Pilawt]

Methane in the atmosphere, and organic molecules in ancient mudstones.

Wow -- they discovered a Starbucks restroom on Mars!

 

[steingar]

Methane in the atmosphere, and organic molecules in ancient mudstones. Waiting for tomorrow's issue of Science for the details.

Yeah, in parts per million. Quite the advance, but a long way from finding ancient life forms.

 

[A1Topgun]

Methane = Cow Farts!

 

[SkyDog58]

Methane = Cow Farts!

Well now we know where that cow that jumped over the moon ended up.

 

[azure]

Yeah, in parts per million. Quite the advance, but a long way from finding ancient life forms.

What were you expecting? This is still interesting and the most progress that has been made in several decades. There have always been hints of methane in the Martian atmosphere, now it has been confirmed. The really interesting thing is the clear seasonal variations in abundance. Certainly, it is much likelier to turn out to be geological in origin (areological?) than biological. But the complex organics in the mudstone, something like kerogen, are even more tantalizing.

As the Science article stated, what they really need is a sample return mission... hopefully sometime next decade.

 

[steingar]

What were you expecting? This is still interesting and the most progress that has been made in several decades. There have always been hints of methane in the Martian atmosphere, now it has been confirmed. The really interesting thing is the clear seasonal variations in abundance. Certainly, it is much likelier to turn out to be geological in origin (areological?) than biological. But the complex organics in the mudstone, something like kerogen, are even more tantalizing.

As the Science article stated, what they really need is a sample return mission... hopefully sometime next decade.

Agreed, though the return mission is going to be the most technically challenging one NASA has undertaken methinks. It's just that there are very clear ways one can derive organic macromolecules in the absence of biological processes.