Lake of ice on Mars

Post by **R00k** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:40 pm

Pretty cool. :icon14:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4727847.stm

I can just picture a huge dome being built over the top of the ice crater, with life support systems inside, and a team of researchers and builders working to make it so more people can come over.

Post by **o'dium** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:40 pm

Do you trust NASA to get us there.

Post by **Nightshade** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:47 pm

It's not like the British space program is going to do it.

Post by **Cool Blue** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:48 pm

People are making mountains out of molehills over this falling debris stuff IMO.

I'd buy a ticket. I've already got a bagged packed for Mars.

Post by **o'dium** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:48 pm

Nightshade wrote:It's not like the British space program is going to do it.

But we would staple our foam to the shuttle :icon32:

Post by **plained** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:50 pm

hehe *imagines pee-sighning the snow

Post by **Cool Blue** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:50 pm

Nightshade wrote:It's not like the British space program is going to do it.

HEY... they'll have you know that with new discoveries in metallergy and chemistry and physics and engineering and linear propulsion, they'll have DOUBLED the distance of their telescoping ladder by this time next year. So shut it.

Post by **o'dium** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:51 pm

gut yhur hars tuh murs

Post by **Nightshade** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:52 pm

Cool Blue wrote:
Nightshade wrote:It's not like the British space program is going to do it.
HEY... they'll have you know that with new discoveries in metallergy and chemistry and physics and engineering and linear propulsion, they'll have DOUBLED the distance of their telescoping ladder by this time next year. So shut it.

Better than your mooseshit powered effort, Fwank.

Post by **dnoyc** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:53 pm

OMG Doom 3 is real.

Post by **Nightshade** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:55 pm

o'dium wrote:
Nightshade wrote:It's not like the British space program is going to do it.
But we would staple our foam to the shuttle :icon32:

You'd have to have one first.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:58 pm

Nightshade wrote:
o'dium wrote:
Nightshade wrote:It's not like the British space program is going to do it.
But we would staple our foam to the shuttle :icon32:
You'd have to have one first.

:icon26:

Post by **zeeko** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:21 pm

Nightshade wrote:
o'dium wrote:
Nightshade wrote:It's not like the British space program is going to do it.
But we would staple our foam to the shuttle :icon32:
You'd have to have one first.

haha slaughtered

Post by **ScooterG** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 5:26 pm

The article didn't say if the rovers are bringing back ice.... Maybe we will have martians here......

Post by **werldhed** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:22 pm

ScooterG wrote:The article didn't say if the rovers are bringing back ice.... Maybe we will have martians here......

I don't believe the rovers have yet encountered ice. I could be wrong, though. Do they even have a way to store/transport ice?

Post by **o'dium** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:25 pm

werldhed wrote:
ScooterG wrote:The article didn't say if the rovers are bringing back ice.... Maybe we will have martians here......
I don't believe the rovers have yet encountered ice. I could be wrong, though. Do they even have a way to store transport ice?

In a bucket...?

Post by **werldhed** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 6:27 pm

Yes, but what happens when you get back to Earth?
Oh yeah, I just remembered that the rovers aren't coming back. So I guess that would be a moot point.

Post by **4days** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:42 pm

there was a british space program at one point wasn't there? maybe back before everything got privatised and anything sciency was chucked over to industry.

i remember seeing the cg of what looked like the bastard offspring of a nasa shuttle and concorde taking off from woomera (the uk's in a shitty spot for launching or something).

Post by **MKJ** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:04 pm

Nightshade wrote:It's not like the British space program is going to do it.

hey, the ESA has done some memorable stuff too!

though i cant remember any