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I'm pretty sure that's the main target of the expedition. If they're going to find evidence of life, that's a pretty likely spot, since the layered beds probably formed under water.

Well, yes, but I guess they could also be volcanic ejecta deposits ("airborne" ash and suchlike) mixed with flows of lava - the area top right looks to be capped with something a little more substantial - much like a stratigraphic volcano back here.

Funnily enough, we were in Yellowstone not so long ago....

It's going to be a fascinating few years.

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Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 3:52pm

shmgeggie wrote:

I'm pretty sure that's the main target of the expedition. If they're going to find evidence of life, that's a pretty likely spot, since the layered beds probably formed under water.

It is.

The photo was posted to the rover's Facebook page, but with an incorrect link to where the information was supposed to be. The NASA rover site didn't have the article yet, but I expect it will appear soon.

PS: link fixed.

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Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 3:48pm
hobiejoe wrote: Wow, that is extraordinary. Any links that might shed any light on the bedding planes visable in the background? I'm pretty sure that's the main target of the expedition. If they're going to find evidence of life, that's a pretty likely spot, since the layered beds probably formed under water.

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Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 3:18pm
RichardPrins wrote: Wow, that is extraordinary. Any links that might shed any light on the bedding planes visable in the background?

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Posted: Aug 27, 2012 - 2:50pm

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 7:36pm
Proclivities wrote: Lovely bit of disinformation. The sad thing is that there are probably millions of people who believe - or wish to believe - such notions - even after having them disproved. Some people are too smart for their own good. Dr. Crowley may be one of them.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 6:46pm
RichardPrins wrote: There are mildly amusing, but distracting, gaffes, and then there's this. Lovely bit of disinformation. The sad thing is that there are probably millions of people who believe - or wish to believe - such notions - even after having them disproved.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 6:30pm
RichardPrins wrote: There are mildly amusing, but distracting, gaffes, and then there's this. infuckingcredible.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 6:23pm
RichardPrins wrote: There are mildly amusing, but distracting, gaffes, and then there's this. If I didn't know the far wrong, I'd think it's a spoof. I hate to say it, but this is how the dumb take us to a whole new level of stupidity.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 12:02pm
RichardPrins wrote: There are mildly amusing, but distracting, gaffes, and then there's this. Winter is right. GAAH !!

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 11:35am
RichardPrins wrote: There are mildly amusing, but distracting, gaffes, and then there's this. Ugh. I don't even know where to start with this. It's just appalling.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 11:29am
There are mildly amusing, but distracting, gaffes, and then there's this.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 10:26am
RichardPrins wrote: I saw this quote floating around in geeky/science circles: “I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace and propelled by compressible flow.” My kinda hero.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 9:30am

mzpro5 wrote:

One of my best friends lives in Wapokaneta, OH Armstrong's home town. He had a strong dislike for the town. He was a "geek" growing up and bullied quite a bit and never forgot. They built a small "museum" in his honor but he never came back home for anything meant to recognize him as the favorite son of Wapokeneta.

I saw this quote floating around in geeky/science circles:

“I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer, born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace and propelled by compressible flow.”

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 4:56am

mzpro5 wrote:

One of my best friends lives in Wapokaneta, OH Armstrong's home town.
He had a strong dislike for the town. He was a "geek" growing up and bullied quite a bit and never forgot. They built a small "museum" in his honor but he never came back home for anything meant to recognize him as the favorite son of Wapokeneta.

No sense throwing pearls before swine.

Condolences to his family and friends. He was a true pioneer.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 4:35am

RichardPrins wrote:

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82

"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."

One of my best friends lives in Wapokaneta, OH Armstrong's home town.

He had a strong dislike for the town. He was a "geek" growing up and bullied quite a bit and never forgot.

They built a small "museum" in his honor but he never came back home for anything meant to recognize him as the favorite son of Wapokeneta.

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Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 2:13am
Beaker wrote: Because accuracy from web interns isn't a high priority: Oops. Keep on rockin' in a free moon.

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Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 10:55pm
Beaker wrote: Because accuracy from web interns isn't a high priority: Oops. a sad story on many levels. but it made me laugh too

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Posted: Aug 25, 2012 - 2:32pm

RichardPrins wrote:

RIP Neil. You are a hero, a legend for all of us armchair astronauts. I love the fact that Neil led a quiet life after the moon landing and never capitalized on his great achievement. Can you see that happening today? Not likely.

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