Comments on: Reason #297 that TechMeme sucks: no Mars

By: ablackanimal

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By: Lazarus

Lazarus — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:27:15 +0000

Hi Rebecca,
So what’s your point?
Are you upset with the process? With the Science? With people who are curious? Or is it all just too much for you to comprehend?
L

By: Brian Klick

Brian Klick — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:15:28 +0000

Rebecca,

I really hope you are not that dense. Imagine if Christopher Columbus decided not to sail because every other ship has discovered the same thing – water and more water. Hundreds and hundreds of ships went out looking for something else, but guess what, they came back with water. What’s the use of going out AGAIN – more water.

It’s thinking like that that gets us ultimately nowhere – we would still be stuck in the stone age if everyone thought that way.

Not to mention the thousands upon thousands of advances in technology, science, medicine, etc, that have come out of our ability to explore.

It’s certainly a little more than “dirt and rocks”.

By: Yann

Yann — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:18:00 +0000

When the West first went to the plains of Arabia, it appeared to be a mysterious land, empty of people and vegetation. So we sent explorers through it. They came back saying this land was hot and full of sand and with no trees. But we were not convinced, so we sent surveyors into it, and they came back saying this was still implacable sun and sand. But we were still not convinced, so we sent geologists in it, to make sure it was only sand. And now, our economy is running on the juice coming out from the sand.

If at first you fail, try again.

By: Offgrid Living

Offgrid Living — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:10:35 +0000

Just dirt and rocks ? I think they just found Ice – which means water.

What does this mean for us back here on earth ? Well it means they can continue draining the Great Lakes and burning fossil fuels – until we completely destroy the earth…. and then whatever humans are left can jump on board the Mars Express with a few plants and animals like Noah and start all over again.

Yee Haaaaahh !

By: Rebecca Niles

Rebecca Niles — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:35:25 +0000

When we first gazed at the moon through powerful telescopes, the moon appeared to be full of dirt and rocks. However, we were not convinced so we sent astronauts there. They brought back samples for scientists to analyze and it was confirmed that indeed, this was just dirt and rocks. However, we were not convinced so we went to the moon another dozen times or so just to really be sure it was real dirt and real rocks.

When we first gazed at Mars through powerful telescopes it appeared to be a mysterious planet. Our early flybys of this planet revealed a terrain full of dirt and rocks. However, we were not convinced so we sent Rover there. The little robotic vehicle traversed the topography sending back pictures and data and guess what? – more dirt and rocks. However, we were not convinced so we sent Phoenix there. It landed safely and started analyzing the soil and sending beautifully detailed images of a Martian landscape full of … dirt and rocks.

But wait, this is different. The Phoenix landed in the North Pole area in the hopes of discovering life. Its little sensors microscopically scrutinized the soil and made an amazing discovery. Mars is still full of dirt and rocks. But wait, this is different. The dirt has a pattern to it.