All 4 entries tagged Mars

life on Mars

Writing about web page http://www.liebertpub.com/prdetails.aspx?pr_id=693

how cool would that be if we came from one of the hot springs on Mars????
spiders are said to travel through inter-stellar space and a few years ago virii were supposedly traveling towards Earth from … Mars. Is there (however tiny) chance of a hot spring sending a couple of cells over to Earth?
it may all be just a theory, but scientists in charge of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) are saying that some life forms might have evolved around these hot springs just as it does on Earth. next missions to Mars are likely to look for and study such places of interest.

for those who like to discuss climate change, here is something to think about: blogspot

EDITED:
ha, here is another one :)

: 12 Feb 2009 23:27 |  Tags: Mars Mro |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

When Communicating Science goes wrong

Writing about web page http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7788638.stm

feeling bad for miscalculation is one thing, but explaining to the board of advisers why your experiment went under is quite another…

At the end of 2003 Beagle 2 had been released by the Mars Express ship into Martian atmosphere. Contact was lost and the probe was never recovered. A number of reasons were suggested but the most prominent of all was the misjudged atmosphere. New study (those of simulated nature) re-assessed possible fates of the Beagle. Calculations are to be compared to the new report and therefore nothing can be drawn out of it at the moment. a lot of explaining has to be done.

perhaps the miscalculation was in the fact that beagles can’t fly ;)

cheerio,

Vlad.

more of Beagle mission: here

: 18 Dec 2008 01:14 |  Tags: Beagle Mars |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

snowing on Mars

Writing about web page http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/news/phoenix-20080929.html

hi guys,

i’ve finally managed to get internet working on my computer and here is what we’ve missed….

1. Show on martian soil, arghhh – nope.
matter of the fact, it is snowing on Mars, but only in the atmosphere, i.e. it does not reach the ground, as the ice particles melt down. hopefully we’ll see a successful “snow landing” in coming weeks as the temperature starts to decrease with the Sun disappearing more often and for longer.
download GIF animation of clouds over Mars here

2. Concern grows over “blue skies” research.
Read it here
so, should we be more concerned with what the science does for us or should we carry on growing our scientific knowledge?

post your opinions here.

Vlad.

: 01 Oct 2008 17:52 |  Tags: Mars Phoenix |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Phoenix pictures

Writing about web page http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7411113.stm

here is the link to the bbc web article on Phoenix: Article

And here are some pictures from Mars and Control Centre

: 27 May 2008 01:26 |  Tags: Mars |  Comments (2) |  Close comments |  Report a problem