Posted on August 6, 2008 by Michael
It seems all of us that were ready to have a “Marsgasm” over the past few days, speculating over what The Phoenix Lander found on Mars were a little premature. Speculation started travelling through the toobs faster than one could say, “Water on Mars”, over a leaked report to “Aviation Weekly” stating that Phoenix had [...]
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Posted on August 4, 2008 by Michael
There have been some new developments in the Phoenix Lander/Mars Discovery/White House Briefing story. Emily Lakdawalla has the latest at The Planetary Society:
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001586/
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Posted on August 3, 2008 by Michael
I just came across this leaked transcript of the briefing between Phoenix Lander scientists and President George W. Bush:
GWB: Gentlemen, please come in! Welcome to what we like to call the Oval Office.
Scientist 1: Thank you Mr. President. It’s an honor to be here bringing such momentous news!
GWB: Right. Now I hear them say [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2008 by Michael
This past week scientists announced that there is definitely water on Mars, however, that is not the most interesting thing that the lander has found. Apparently, it has found something else, something more significant than water. Something so significant that it’s gone all the way the the White House Science Advisors. (I almost choked getting [...]
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Posted on June 5, 2008 by Michael
In my 43 years, I have sat and watched countless sunsets. I have seen sunsets while cruising at over 40,000 feet on transatlantic flights, sunsets on the Oregon Coast, sunsets from the majestic mountains of British Columbia, from numerous beaches, and from the wide open Prairie skies. But none of them took my [...]
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