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HoboBen
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LIFE on Mars!https://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/sciencenews/4244904/Life-on-Mars-A-factfile.html |
| Evidence of life has been discovered on Mars, Nasa scientists believe. | |
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| Thursday, 15 January 2009, 09:06 | |
Jayenkai
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Interesting list of discoveries on the page.. Here are some of the most interesting scientific discoveries that have been made about the planet. - It is named after the Roman god of war and is the fourth planet from the sun. Wow.. They DISCOVERED that!? So, um.. Methane. .. Does that mean there's cows on Mars? 
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| Thursday, 15 January 2009, 09:07 | |
HoboBen
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Yeah, bit of a rubbish article, but I couldn't find anything on the more sciencey news websites yet. NASA haven't officially announced it yet, either. Edit: And it's not proof, just evidence... Still exciting, though |
| Thursday, 15 January 2009, 09:58 | |
Scherererer
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2pm Eastern Time, there's a briefing on Nasa TV (www.nasa.gov/ntv)
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| Thursday, 15 January 2009, 12:49 | |
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HoboBen
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Interesting interview... they seem to be leaning very slightly leaning towards a biological cause over a geological one. But only slightly! edit: we may know for certain soon; the Mars Science Laboratory rover should launch in 2011 and will be able to tell the difference. |
| Thursday, 15 January 2009, 13:50 | |
steve_ancell
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I noticed in the video that Instinct posted, that they train spacewalkers in a water tank. But how does that train them for a frictionless environment ?. There is friction underwater, that will give the astronaut something to reference against when tightening or losening a bolt. But in space, there is nothing to reference against, apart from inertia. I wonder if an inexperienced astronaut spins the opposite way to the spanner the first time they undo a nut in space ! |
| Thursday, 15 January 2009, 14:48 | |
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steve_ancell
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Jayenkai  Does that mean there's cows on Mars? Do they go OOOM instead of MOOO ? 
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| Thursday, 15 January 2009, 23:53 | |
shroom_monk
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steve_ancell I wonder if an inexperienced astronaut spins the opposite way to the spanner the first time they undo a nut in space !Don't astronauts on space walks go out attached to a giant robot arm or something, so they don't float away? That would give them some sort of reference to stop them spinning, right? |
| Friday, 16 January 2009, 02:20 | |
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steve_ancell
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I'm not sure Shroom, they might do.
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| Friday, 16 January 2009, 14:12 | |
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shroom_monk
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Well, they have to be attached to the ship by something right? Otherwise, they'd just float off into space when they went on spacewalks.
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| Friday, 16 January 2009, 17:08 | |
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steve_ancell
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Yeah, come to think of it... I think they do have some sort of line attached to them.
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