Ben's absence - Page 2

Oh my; what a shock! Ben, you will be missed.I enjoyed his balanced views so much.

So that's how it is. This was sad to hear. RIP Ben, You will be greatly missed here, and among your family.

Oh sad news indeed great idea horton all for that I learnt a lot from him, RIP Ben.

I believe I am correct in saying that Ben's last post said

"Pray for Me"

Well,if he is where I think he is then he
will well have known we did indeed pray for him.

This is really sad.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.

/R

marsman

A quick look in the geology forum indicates that neither Serpens nor Bill has posted there since august. Wonder if they've heard the bad news about their pardner Ben?

Winston

Ben was a great voice on this website, bringing his geological expertise and patience to bear on all the radical ideas and suggestions that this site is famous for. We will miss him.

I searched manually through old threads and learned that Ben had been posting here for at least 6 years. I was still thinking of him as a latecomer, maybe because he showed up after Endurance (?). He'd been posting here a long time. I've been posting here a long time. Time passing is sad.

If his family visits I hope they know that he was a real contributor here and was doing Science to the end.

RIP Ben. Sorry to hear about your absence.

Opportunity rover beginning study of Martian clays.

Ah, Ben's formation is the long sought clays.