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The NASA major scientific discovery on Mars News Conference due today
3blokes
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What will it be? Life but not as we know it Jim? They've found a copy of Life on Mars by David Bowie actually on Mars? They've found the ball from Nicky Bailey's penalty effort? A B52 bomber / London bus? Somebody's shoe?
Or will it be something less world changing like they've found a bit of hydrogen under a rock?
Any predictions?
Or will it be something less world changing like they've found a bit of hydrogen under a rock?
Any predictions?
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Something like that could well be.....3blokes said:What will it be? Life but not as we know it Jim? They've found a copy of Life on Mars by David Bowie actually on Mars? They've found the ball from Nicky Bailey's penalty effort? A B52 bomber / London bus? Somebody's shoe?
Or will it be something less world changing like they've found a bit of hydrogen under a rock?
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Whilst " a bit of hydrogen under a rock" would be amazing for a whole host of scientific reasons (!) I was wondering if the news conference is going to be a world view game changer as in there is actually life out there and we need to boldly go etc... ;-)0
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Fossilised micro organism perhaps.1
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Proof that they definitely do contain nuts.5
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If it is evidence of methane then we're facing something to be reckoned with.0
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They've found a rock with some CAFC graffiti I reckon.0
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Video evidence of sailors fighting in the dance hall?3
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Charltons next signing. Meire in a news conference has come out and said that Mars is an untapped market with lots of bargains to be had.3
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Guy Luzon's Little Book of Tactics and Motivation?2
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They have found Nicky Baileys ball.5
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Roland's plan.4
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I'm going for liquid water found on Mars.0
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Ice and vapourClem_Snide said:2 -
It really does help you work, rest and play1
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NASA might be building this us too much - I've got a feeling it will be a God-awful small affair.7
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Many news reports suggesting it is something to do with traces of water on Mars.0
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No way, this will be news from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broadsbobmunro said:NASA might be building this us too much - I've got a feeling it will be a God-awful small affair.
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Have they found a society where socialism actually works?2
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Did they find a rock?0
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A home video of Matt Damon growing potatoes, if I understand TV correctly.7
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In 2011, salt water deposits were discovered, determined by close analysis of the difference between some images, by Georgia Tech student Lujendra Ojha. In some of the images, streaks could be seen, although not in others. This was assumed to be salt deposits being left, in warmer "months", after salt water had evaporated. The deposits were then dissolved as the water returned. This was used as confirmation that there was flowing salt water on Mars, ie one of the pre-requisites of life.
My guess is that they are going to announce one of two things today.
1. The original research done on the salt water images was flawed, the assumptions are wrong, the analysis was inaccurate and the conclusion needs to be changed: there is no flowing salt water on Mars, everything published in 2011 was wrong.
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2. More discoveries have taken place that are closely related to the 2011 findings. For this to be a "major" news item, the most likely scenario is that they have discovered early life form evidence. And, as the salt water can be shown still to be flowing, the evidence is of existing life forms, rather than fossilised, ancient, deceased life forms. In other words, they have found something living. (If I were to guess any further, it would be that they have found something living in the zone at the edge of the flowing water, in other words something that lives on a "shoreline" and can exist in water or out of it. The Earth equivalent being a small crab, mussel or crustacean).
If you have read this far, thank you. There's one more bit to go..!
I think 1 is much less likely than 2. The reason? One of the guests invited to the news conference is Lujendra Ojha. I think it's very unlikely they would invite him to front up to the world's media if they were just going to trash his research.3 -
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Luzon's replacement
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I loved, "Is she really going out with him ? " & " Different for girls", back in the day, but this is horrendous.seth plum said:0 -
Me too along with "Be My Number Two" and many other songs by him.Covered End said:
I loved, "Is she really going out with him ? " & " Different for girls", back in the day, but this is horrendous.seth plum said:
I think he's done worse than this though. In 2004, he contributed a cover of Pulp's "Common People" with William Shatner for Shatner's album "Has Been":
dailymotion.com/video/x7ztwb_joe-jackson-william-shatner-common_music
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Not one mention of Cory Gibbs?
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Yuk.Addick Addict said:
Me too along with "Be My Number Two" and many other songs by him.Covered End said:
I loved, "Is she really going out with him ? " & " Different for girls", back in the day, but this is horrendous.seth plum said:
I think he's done worse than this though. In 2004, he contributed a cover of Pulp's "Common People" with William Shatner for Shatner's album "Has Been":
dailymotion.com/video/x7ztwb_joe-jackson-william-shatner-common_music0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-qtzIeiQj8
