Mars Curiosity rover makes historic discoverery on Mars

[kydonky]

Curiosity has made a historic discovery on Mars. NASA is not going to release the details until after the finding are checked and double checked.

They may be giving us time to prepare for this information.

My wife thinks they have found a Ron Popeel vegtable slicer.

I think it is more significant than that, perhaps they have found a 1956 VW that still runs.

[waterdog101]

I heard that on NPR radio yesterday, they sure know how to tease a person. they are some very smart people in this old world, some guy here on earth testing soil samples on another planet 200 Million miles away.

[DJD]

Prolly some old NECCO Wafers...those things last for ever!

[waterdog101]

could be the tracks left behind, where this craft was parked earlier.http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headli...175502341.html

[HURRICANEBOB]

18 members of the Republican Party have served as president, governing for 88 years in total.
15 members of the Democratic Party have served as president, governing for 85 years in total.
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3 more members for Pubs-------------------------------------------------3 more years for pubs.

Yes, we pubs will live with it. And it is so nice of you to continue the effort to catch up.

Fylie, is math your strong point? If so you have my condulences.

[MrSplitshot]

The "Big Discovery" on Mars was that they discovered nothing. Rocks, Dirt, and nary a cricket to chirp...no organic material.

Unless they can drill for some oil up there or can find some lost episodes of Bonanza on VHS, I maintain that billions have been spent for "purty pictures" of Mars that could have been spent elsewhere...like rebuilding some of America's aging and dilapidated infrastructure.

[HURRICANEBOB]

The "Big Discovery" on Mars was that they discovered nothing. Rocks, Dirt, and nary a cricket to chirp...no organic material.

Unless they can drill for some oil up there or can find some lost episodes of Bonanza on VHS, I maintain that billions have been spent for "purty pictures" of Mars that could have been spent elsewhere...like rebuilding some of America's aging and dilapidated infrastructure.

I agree....unless the Bonanza episodes were on DVD.

Hey, lets send the next expeditionary mission to Walmart.

[apb]

The "Big Discovery" on Mars was that they discovered nothing. Rocks, Dirt, and nary a cricket to chirp...no organic material.

Unless they can drill for some oil up there or can find some lost episodes of Bonanza on VHS, I maintain that billions have been spent for "purty pictures" of Mars that could have been spent elsewhere...like rebuilding some of America's aging and dilapidated infrastructure.

I've seen similar comments along these lines that much of the space exploration stuff is a waste of time/money/resources. Disagree. There have been a number of advances in GPS, satelite imagery, cell phone communication and a host of other areas that have tangible application here on earth. Neglect of this type of research is, in my opinion, short-sighted.

Andrew

[MrSplitshot]

I've seen similar comments along these lines that much of the space exploration stuff is a waste of time/money/resources. Disagree. There have been a number of advances in GPS, satelite imagery, cell phone communication and a host of other areas that have tangible application here on earth. Neglect of this type of research is, in my opinion, short-sighted.

Andrew

You're not allowed to disagree with me, bro. Am I going to have to report your post to a moderator? LOL

I've seen the list of cool stuff that has come along by way of research from the space program. Many are things that have improved life on Earth. I get that. And honestly, I agree with you that neglecting research efforts is short-sighted thinking. The problem for me is that we're in hock up to our corn holes to the Chinese and there are so many other things that could be tended to in the short term with that money. I also know that in the grand scheme, those millions on the space program are almost insignificant...you would have to group up a lot of things that we spend money on, not just the space program, before it would be an amount significant enough to make big differences in some of the areas where we are defunct. Short-sighted or not, I still find it hard to shoot millions of dollars to Mars to dig around in the Martian dirt, on the hope that something huge will be discovered. Maybe we'll be able to say that it was the best thing that mankind has ever done some day, but right now...it's just purty pictures.

[apb]

You're not allowed to disagree with me, bro. Am I going to have to report your post to a moderator?...
.

Sorry, gotta disagree again. Part of my job here is to disagree with you. Its in my contract, just ask Peter


Andrew

[GeoFisher]

You're not allowed to disagree with me, bro. Am I going to have to report your post to a moderator? LOL

I've seen the list of cool stuff that has come along by way of research from the space program. Many are things that have improved life on Earth. I get that. And honestly, I agree with you that neglecting research efforts is short-sighted thinking. The problem for me is that we're in hock up to our corn holes to the Chinese and there are so many other things that could be tended to in the short term with that money. I also know that in the grand scheme, those millions on the space program are almost insignificant...you would have to group up a lot of things that we spend money on, not just the space program, before it would be an amount significant enough to make big differences in some of the areas where we are defunct. Short-sighted or not, I still find it hard to shoot millions of dollars to Mars to dig around in the Martian dirt, on the hope that something huge will be discovered. Maybe we'll be able to say that it was the best thing that mankind has ever done some day, but right now...it's just purty pictures.

China owns less than 10% of our debt....we're NOT in hock to our corn holes to China.

Foreign governments hold about 46 percent of all U.S. debt held by the public, more than $4.5 trillion. The largest foreign holder of U.S. debt is China, which owns more about $1.2 trillion in bills, notes and bonds, according to the Treasury.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/moneym...-China-Own.htm



We are actually in hock to good ole AMERICANS.......

[MrSplitshot]

Foreign governments hold about 46 percent of all U.S. debt held by the public, more than $4.5 trillion. The largest foreign holder of U.S. debt is China, which owns more about $1.2 trillion in bills, notes and bonds, according to the Treasury.

That's close enough to corn hole for me...LOL...

Bottom line, we owe China (and a whole lot of other people, foreign and domestic) a whole bunch of coin.