Comments on: Phoenix Lander Successful in Moving "Headless" Rock

By: Darious

Darious — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:34:02 +0000

I work for the largest ocean,air,and land geo survey company in this here world.Yes,we have the tech.The technology used in the oil and gas industry surpass NASA 10 fold.If the same time,money,and energy were spent in space exploration as the oil exploration we would probably be colonizing mars by now.

Dozer One Out

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:57:41 +0000

Joe, he said, licking the foam out of his moustache…I didn't miss the pint!

By: Drakc

Drakc — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:45:54 +0000

In the next few years i expect that we will have much more advanced robots to do this exploring. this one is doing exactly what it was meant for. If we really wnat to start exploring it will take a fleet of them.

I believe that life would most likely be found in crevices, ravines that are protected from most sunlight, or even in caverns below the surface. Since there is ice so near the surface in the northern lattitudes i would expect to find liquid water pockets in places around the planet. It would depend on the underground topography. We dont have the tech for thouroughly exploring in those places on our own planet let alone on another.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:35:12 +0000

You have all missed the pint. They didn't turn over the stone, they pushed it out of the way. They even admit they can't tell exactly what was there because they disturbed the ground under the rock. Why didn't they just turn/flip the stone over so there would be less disturbance underneath. Did they even try?

By: Astrofiend

Astrofiend — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:20:00 +0000

What part of 'turning over stones *ON OTHER WORLDS*' isn't impressive and exciting?

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:41:20 +0000

Jon, we still turn over stones in this world to see what's under them. Just ask any field entomologist.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:36:40 +0000

This really gives me some perspective. As a species, we're relegated to turning over stones on other worlds to see what's under them. That's kind of sad, but you've gotta start somewhere right?

By: Eric Near Buffalo

Eric Near Buffalo — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:06:53 +0000

yeah, a little bit

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:49:00 +0000

That last picture looks like the Tripods from War of the Worlds.

Creepycool.