I know I'm not the only one who likes to read about new planet discoveries and other Space intrigue.  We have a new candidate for life-supporting planets, and like all the others, it's the "best one yet."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/exoplanet-alien-life-search-for-found-habitable-zone-new-earth-20-signs-cetus-sea-monster-a7691576.html

Pretty exciting, really.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

 

 

 

 

What a dump!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-1.5917772

Edited February 18, 20214 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Perseverence pays off!

                                                 

                                                                                 Actual photo from mars landing.        

 

 

                                                         

 

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8866/nasas-perseverance-rover-sends-sneak-peek-of-mars-landing/

  So disillusioned now...

 

Snopes says its fake...

 

 

 

 

        

 

Phht- that is something awesoem!

Edited February 20, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

That is so freaking cool. Wow, wow, wow. What a feat of engineering. 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

That is so freaking cool. Wow, wow, wow. What a feat of engineering. 

Listening to the sound from the surface of another planet.... that is monumental...

Edited February 19, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

I love this one too. 

22 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

 

 

Phht- that is something awesoem!

Hate to fake news you guys but...

1) That's the older rover as you can see the tracks

2) The sound you hear was created using their best guess using a seismometer and sped up.

Edited February 19, 20214 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

4 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Hate to fake news you guys but...

 

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

 

Footage is from Curiosity and the sound is made up. 😢 

 

The sound MAY be from InSight. Trying to confirm. 

Edited February 19, 20214 yr by JCon

6 minutes ago, JCon said:

The sound MAY be from InSight. Trying to confirm. 

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8517/nasas-insight-hears-peculiar-sounds-on-mars/?site=insight

Maybe they can send Percy over to clean off the solar panels of the dead rover

Edited February 19, 20214 yr by bustamente

Mars is 100% populated by robots!

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Hate to fake news you guys but...

1) That's the older rover as you can see the tracks

2) The sound you hear was created using their best guess using a seismometer and sped up.

God damn it... i got so excited! I feel so deflated now.... yeah I noticed the tracks before... but I was too excited...

 

Thanks though for clearing that up for me.

Edited February 19, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

58 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Mars is 100% populated by robots!

No it isn't....

13 minutes ago, tacklewasher said:

No it isn't....

Well, to pick a nit- inhabited means "living there" and Dr. Manhattan is an occasional visitor. So there.

14 hours ago, Tracker said:

Well, to pick a nit- inhabited means "living there" and Dr. Manhattan is an occasional visitor. So there.

What about Marvin?

 

The martian, not the depressed android.

this lecture is one of my favourites. water in the solar system.

 

The reality is that, because of very different conditions, life on other worlds is likely to be so different to us that we may not even recognize it as such. Intelligent life needs to have the ability to be able to construct artifacts and manipulate their environment to progress. That implies ability to move, communicate, use tools and so forth. Whether or not this would mean a bi-pedal form is unknown.

19 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

God damn it... i got so excited! I feel so deflated now.... yeah I noticed the tracks before... but I was too excited...

 

Thanks though for clearing that up for me.

That's what they want you to think....

18 hours ago, Tracker said:

Well, to pick a nit- inhabited means "living there" and Dr. Manhattan is an occasional visitor. So there.