There are no thermometers in outer space...
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Scientists can't tell difference btween salt, soil and ice
Biggest news on the space front, the Mars lander has come across a white substance on the Red Planet, which scientists can not figure out.
Scientists are puzzled as to whether this substance is soil, salt or ice...
Here's a question...
So, you mean to tell me that nobody thought to pack a thermometer on this mission?!
If they can't figure out this mystery...How are they even going to know if they have come across anything of value on that planet?
*sigh*
It'll probably be a while before they find anything interesting.
*shrug*
Oh well...
You don't have to be in outer space to see the stars...
There's always Lindsay Lohan for us to watch in the mean time.
In other space news
- Japan's laboratory joins space "family"
A Japanese laboratory was added to the International Space Station, early June 2008.
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You never know what we can find there...
Agro, shame on you. The space program is simply the extension of a very basic human need, exploration. It is one of the essentials for survival. We would not even notice tiny fraction of the federal budget we spend on space were it not for the fact that we spend about ninety percent on war, weapons of mass destruction and empire building.
Dutch, I find just that one photograph exciting enough to justify its existence.
Space exploration has given rise to many technologies, broad band radio communications (think cell phones) digital Photography, digital imaging, Pint point electronic navigation (GPS's) thermal imaging. I could go on and on. Long life batteries. Electrical cars (EVA Moon car). NASA and space exploration in genral can be viewed as a marvellous innovation hub. Smaller computers, lghtweight strong materials for he space lab. etc etc
Food for thought many great hub ideas here!
a nice blog, dutch. I agree, its human nature and instinct to explore, and we've done this since cave men went clubbing for partners. One day, if it isn't already a reality, we shall find out about other life forms. In the vast cosmos, I beleive what Carl Sagan told us: "It's a scientific impossibility, that only one planet, ours, in the entire solar system can support life!"
Maybe it is just something that fell out of the lander....
Agro Donkey says:
2 years ago
The space program is a waist of money no matter how you look at it. We haven't gained anything from being on Mars or landing on the Moon so why do we sink billions to study it? It serves no purpose what so ever other than so we can brag about how we now know that there are no Martians on Mars.