Comments on: Martian Dust Storm Hampers Phoenix Lander's Activities

By: TD

TD — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:29:45 +0000

The band of dark green surrounding the polar cap – Earl Slipher and the other pre-1964 astronomers observed this. And they are still not given credit for their dedicated observations. Sure would be nice if the current generation of scientists and astrobiologists could share with us why the exploration of Mars has been so pathetic for decades. I guarantee you I will not stop until I have answers to this and the other open questions (Sinton bands showing organics on Mars, Dollfus' polarization observations, etc.). I simply don't trust any scientist with a self-proclaimed bias, but that is the world we've inherited. This type of mis-treatment of the public wrt science might have been acceptable in the time of Galileo, but it is utterly unacceptable today. The type of mis-information the public is handed might have been acceptable during the Bay of Pigs, but not today. Any participating scientist should be ashamed.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:43:36 +0000

Do all Mars storms look like a beautiful, surging, pint of Guinness? I think me likey…

By: alandee

alandee — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:10:22 +0000

Meh, 12k 15k 23k .. i think BIG, Damn BIG, is the general impression we are supposed to take away

By: Feenixx

Feenixx — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:19:40 +0000

oops, sorry, in my previous post: for "12,000", please read "15,000" – I'm World Champion at making typos…

By: Feenixx

Feenixx — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:02:01 +0000

"37,000 square-kilometer storm (nearly 23,000 miles)"

does this make sense? should it be somthing like

"37,000 square-kilometer storm (nearly 12,000 square miles)"

anhow, I've been following Phoenix's exploits with fascination from the beginning – it's so much better than TV, especially these last couple of months…

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:32:41 +0000

It's good to have a weather forecast in a dusty world…