What is it Captain?

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tweeted by, William Shatner ?@WilliamShatner 1h

“@elonmusk: Water ice on Mars http://gizmodo.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-just-found-water-in-martian-soil-1403908591 …” Amazing!



The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA's Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight . . .

"One of the most exciting results from this very first solid sample ingested by Curiosity is the high percentage of water in the soil," said Leshin. "About 2 percent of the soil on the surface of Mars is made up of water, which is a great resource, and interesting scientifically." The sample also released significant carbon dioxide, oxygen, and sulfur compounds when heated.

read more: http://phys.org/news/2013-09-mars-rover-curiosity-sample-planet.html

[Tikki]

1. I just can't get over how beautiful Curiosity is and I worry she is lonely...

but I am told she is in constant communication with her family on Earth.


Tikki

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2. Spirit is there with her

. . . in her memory cells.

[DGeorge]

3. There had to have been surface water, otherwise the stream gullies wouldn't exist.

The confirmation by analysis is awesome, but it was a foregone conclusion. The lack of methane only shows that life isn't there now, but it still doesn't answer the question of whether or not life once was there. Six billion years is a long time. In another six billion they may be asking the same question about Earth.

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4. "what is ... that?" at 33 seconds into the video

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6. Maximum warp, set phasers on liquidate.

nt.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Beam me up, Captain

I'm a doctor, not a hydrologist!

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5. We need more of this!

Less of Teabaggers and Fundies and Miley and

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