Mars Rover Blog and Forum

The Disappearance of the Universe

fred — 2010-03-19T06:50:53-05:00

This will be a discussion of this topic.
Just the facts:

The universe is an illusion, it is not true. You are an eternal part of God stuck in this illusion. Think of it as a hologram with you as the manufacturer.

Fred

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ESP_016032_2600_possible active mineralogy?

Dana Johnson — 2010-03-17T15:35:30-05:00

The HiRISE image ESP_016032_2600 shows the dark spots and streaking we consider as seasonal in many polar areas. Is the hidden dark spot pattern here partly buried active mineralogy, near a patch of mounded mineral display, indicating an active force of mineral transition?
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I'll add additional examples of the scene in this dark spot recess in later entries. The detail is faint but colored as seen, and is partly hidden by dune movement from the upper left. Nearby is a rounded mound of bladed irregular mineral shapes.

Below, is a view of IR grayscale image dark spots which form or darken seasonally at the upper dune surfaces. They are mobile or more current in formation and display possibly, or, are both types the same in seasonal display at layer margin edges?
Is this an example of active and former or older mineral crystalline formation, in non-seasonal display over time?
Is the mound a true mineral formation of an active source?
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image quality showdown

mann — 2010-03-14T14:11:47-05:00

Sol 287, http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/gallery/all/1/p/287/1P153660729EFF37MIP2270R1M1.JPG

horton, how good, does your good get?

I have been trying, but cannot seem to improve upon my old.

I am using IMG. files,(seems to be a few missing), i open them up, image j. convert to 32 bit, adjust levels..., but wait, why is the image clipped already??? clipped even at the 16bit level, any way , i do all the images in aset, convert to 16bit, stack, convert to rgb, or keep 16 bit(i have tryed all the methods my joe six pack mind can come up with), i end up with afile in image j, at say 4mb, but when i save as tiff. file, i end up with a3mb file in my folder? thats abig loss, 1mb.

Anyway, lets see who can come up with the best version of this image as possible.

Have you tried ISIS?

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On the Road Again - volume 6

hortonheardawho — 2010-03-12T09:17:36-05:00

It is time for a new volume of this topic.

Volume 5 of the trip to Endeavour is here.

sol 2179 ( Mar 12, 2010 ) L0 3x1 pan in the next drive direction:

with a 3D link to a small scarp about 40 meters distant.

The next month or so should look like this heading south until the double crater about 600 meters away is in view.

I will post additional Concepcion images to volume 5 as they become available.

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Berries Can Prevent Dunes from Moving...

RJS — 2010-03-09T15:02:57-05:00

There is an interesting article in Aviation Week released today titled "Hi-Res Imagery Shows Some Mars Dunes Move", which can be found here - http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2010/03/09/11.xml&headline=Hi-Res%20Imagery%20Shows%20Some%20Mars%20Dunes%20Move .

Matt Golommbek of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is quoted "The blueberries appear to form an armoring layer that shields the smaller sand grains beneath them from the wind". The case being made is that where dunes move on Mars there are no berries; and where dunes are fixed there are many berries. I wonder if this armoring by the berries, that in fact anchors dunes to their current locations for hundreds of thousands of years, is a geological anomaly or could it be a biological survival mechanism? My guess is that there is no clear answer and it could be either.

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Finalized Evidence

dx — 2010-03-05T03:47:05-05:00

Folks>>>

Read this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8550504.stm as you dream about the possibility of life on other worlds...for the events that ravaged the Earth 65 million years ago brought about life as we know it and are still in it.

In order for life [or intelligent life if you will] on other planets to exist, their planet containing similar early flora and fauna must go through similar havoc to bring about similar circumstances for their own life to be known so that we know them! They must surely go through a transformation of their own 'DNA' and evolve from quadra-peds to bi-peds like us...wouldn't you think?

Now>>>does a moons' tidal movements [if there are any habitable planets with moons] come into play on a planet in the habitable zone (HZ) have anything to do with life? [intelligent or not]

Just a few thoughts!

yt
dx
this is my first 'link'...not sure what will post.

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Ice at Mid-Latitudes

Barsoomer — 2010-03-04T15:47:18-05:00

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If underground ice is common at mid-latitudes, then it may be frequently excavated in impacts, leading to more moist temporary conditions.

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My Mars photo

Brian — 2010-03-02T03:41:24-05:00

Hi everyone,

It's been quite a while since I visited the forum - loads of interesting posts as usual!

I took a pic with my li'l 4" refractor - captured polar cap and some ice crystal clouds!

Nothing beats seeing this fascinating planet for yourself!

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/smerral/pictures/mars-clouds.jpg

regards,

Brian

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Travel to Mars in 39 days

FMR — 2010-03-01T07:58:58-05:00

http://news.discovery.com/space/mars-rocket-vasimr-nasa.html
Would solve a lot of issues!
FMR

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How does a paternity test work?

alecmoore — 2010-03-01T02:24:52-05:00

Genetic testing identifies the unique genetic profile of an individual, the genetic profile inherited partly from the father and partly from the mother. By comparing the child’s genetic profile with that of the alleged father, a DNA paternity test determines whether the person is the real biological father. http://www.homednadirect.com.au/

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Multiple Earthquakes in February, 2010_Pattern_and order

1277733343 — 2010-03-01T01:03:32-05:00

The final week of February 2010 brought a number of large and damaging earthquakes around the world, all within the expected and routine zones of repeated former earthquake patterns.
These animated GIF image sets of the globe show the simple seven day processes which gave predictable damages around the world along a vast line of activity. Using a display of the globe viewed from the satellite oversight of the Middle East, the Earthquakes are aligned on both hemispheres on the landmasses of the large Eastern continental mass, and, a combined mass of the Western hemisphere with the African and Middle East combined as a single compensating landmass.
Watch the landmasses covered with earthquakes as both hemispheres are viewed from the one perspective. The Chilean quake is the lower left brightest effect just around the edge of the Earth globe.
All landmasses overlay others in the viewpoint, and all earthquakes achieve an aligned total with only a very few non-related additions.
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MSL on target for 2013

1665913958 — 2010-02-18T06:41:58-05:00

Nice little update and video on MSL, I can see us all having heart attacks when they try and put it down using the Sky Crane.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8509080.stm

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Interview with Steve Squyres

1665913958 — 2010-02-14T15:03:27-05:00

Hi Guys,

Great interview with Steve but this link will be switched off in a Day so click on as soon as you can, sorry for the short notice.

The Sky at Night is the longest running TV show hosted by the same person in History, Sir Patrick Moore has only missed one! That was bnecause of a bad Goose Egg, thankfully he survived it.

I have had the honour to have met him several times and look through his marvelous telescope that he built.

During the Summer I went to Japan with Chris Lintott and a large group to see the Solar Eclipse, Cloud on the Day but a great trip none the less.

Enjoy!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7hhttp://

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On the Road Again - volume 5

hortonheardawho — 2010-02-07T13:23:56-05:00

It's time for a new volume of this topic. Posts are taking longer and longer and more and more errors are occurring when referencing the topic.

Volume 4 is here.

sol 2147 ( Feb 7, 2010 ) L0R0 detail of "Chocolate Hills":

Notice how the "rind" or "fracture fill" or whatever-the-stuff-is on the top appears to wrap around the curving side on the left.

The "whatever-the-stuff-is" looks more like a coating draped over the rock after is was blasted into its current position.

I look forward to more detailed pancam views of the left side of this rock.

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Planetary Society Updates

Bill Harris — 2010-02-01T21:47:52-05:00

Here is the latest Planetary Society update on the Mars Rovers, 31 January '10

http://www.planetary.org/news/2010/0131_Mars_Exploration_Rovers_Update_Robots.html

--Bill

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Anomalies ignored by mainstream

Dilip — 2010-01-31T01:15:55-05:00

I am interested in hearing, particularly from trained scientists, how likely it is, in their opinion, that such geometries as pointed out here: http://martiananomaly.com/ can result in Martian mesa as a result of natural causes.

Thanks in advance.

Dilip

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Martian Mesa Anomalies

Dilip — 2010-01-31T01:11:31-05:00

I am interested in hearing from trained geologists how likely it is, in their opinion, that such geometries as pointed out here: http://martiananomaly.com/ can result in Martian mesa as a result of natural causes.

Thanks in advance.

Dilip

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New Moon mission canceled

FMR — 2010-01-30T12:27:14-05:00

Manned mission to Mars as well?

I suppose this isn’t surprising. But very disappointing non the less. Who do we blame?
The Banks? Wall street? Obama?

“Constellation is dead,” the source told AFP on condition of anonymity, referring to a program that envisioned returning to the moon by 2020 and using Earth’s nearest neighbor as a base for manned expeditions to Mars…
Reports added that the US space agency will work on finding a commercial solution to ferrying US astronauts to the International Space Station after the scheduled end of NASA’s shuttle program in September 2010.
Astronauts will be able to hitch rides aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft, but the United States will need a commercial alternative if Congress approves White House plans to scrap development of a successor to the shuttle program.
FMR

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Marquette report

Bill Harris — 2010-01-28T07:18:25-05:00

A short paper on the prelim findings about Marquette si available from LPSC:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/2109.pdf

--Bill

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Bill Harris — 2010-01-28T06:24:51-05:00

Paper on Marquette from the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2010):

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/2109.pdf

--Bill

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Welcome To Spirit Station

Joe Smith — 2010-01-26T19:29:02-05:00

I have talked about it for months,now it will soon be a reality.Ben has straightened me out quite well,thank you,on just what the place we are stuck in is like. Still interesting science
can be done here,I would think.
What will it mean if Mars has a solid or liquid core?
Joe

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Spirit - now a stationary research platform!

Zvezdichko — 2010-01-26T14:08:14-05:00

Well... this was expected so it shouldn't come out as a surprise. Spirit will continue functioning as a stationary platform.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-030&icid='MostViewHome'

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MARS CONDITIONS

Joe Smith — 2010-01-26T02:48:33-05:00

.Mars
One day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minuets long
GRAVITY is roughly one third Earths Gravity
ATMOSPHERE Roughly 200 times less than Earth's atmosphere.
SURFACE PRESSURE ~7mb or about .007 times the pressure of one Earth atmosphere
95.3% Carbon Dioxide
2.7% Nitrogen
1.6% Argon
0.13 Oxygen
0.07 Carbon Monoxide
0.03 Water Vapor

MARS has 70 times the Carbon Dioxide as Earth
Martian atmosphere is un-breathable for humans. LIFE Support ie:space suit also protects from radiation.

STORMS exist on Mars
WATER ICE FOG is often created in the bottoms of Martian Canyons,In early morning,FROST can form in many places on the surface.

There is no Rain on Mars

ICE CAPS on NORTH and SOUTH POLES
ICE is a combination of water ice and dry ice.
Two kinds of Ice Caps on Mars.
1.Seasonal,acculturated during winter season and evaporates in summer.
2.Residual caps remain thru the year.

Phoenix landed in an "Anartic" Earth analogy, area,
Some of the soil patches examined,'Ice mixed with soil containing energy sources and nutrients that could be used if there were life.
The soil has "percolate" a form of chlorine,hazardous on Earth,but,certain types of BACTERIA are able to live on it here(Earth)

Professor Mark Lemon,Texas A7M,printed in SCIENCE:QUOTE: The soil has a potential energy source and oxygen source for life on Mars. end quote.

The typical weather is cold and clear.Temperatures in the summer in the southern horizon can rise as high as 20C in daytime then plunge at night.
DUST DEVILS spun by daily dramatic temp changes,Criss Cross the landscape.

TEMPERATURE Average Surface -135F to 26F
Daytime temperatures -71 to -53F
Nightime Temperatures -184 to -85F

We will not explain the Tilt of our earth and the result in climate changes

Seasons on Mars sre a little more complicated.
Mars has amore ellipticall orbit than Earth,so the small amount that the planet is closer to or furthur from the Sun over the course of a year do make a difference in the amount of Sunlight that reaches Mars
BUT: For the most part the seasons are caused by the tilt of Mars axis.

Generally accepted that Mars is much colder than it was in its early days.
More than 2 Billion years ago Mars was much warmer and consequently,wetter.

Joe in Texas
Credits:University of Texas at Austin

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COMMUNICATION ON THIS BOARD

Joe Smith — 2010-01-24T13:18:18-05:00

I have no feeling of friendship,compadra,comrad,
Post's go for days Unanswered.If Hort went to USMF this blog would die.

On the other forum, poster: hungry4info posted a question"Is this the block in the rear,that we were worried about?
Will some one answer this question if they know? Thank you.

Joe in Sunny Sunday ,Republican southern baptist,,by God's grace,Texas

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MRB SETI

1665913958 — 2010-01-22T17:04:53-05:00

Here at MRB I have asked before many years back and asked do you visit here but do not post.

I am just an average poster nowhere near some of the great knowledge shared by others.

There are some amazing contributors to this site/boards/threads, young and old, all contribute.

If you do visit here can you just say Hello?

We would Welcome you at anytime.

Hello from us anyway......

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