Something big is coming from Mars.

eagandale4114 · Nov 21, 2012, 07:06 PM

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This data is gonna be one for the history books. t's looking really good.

-Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger

The guys at Caltech/JPL have some interesting data coming in from Curiosity's SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) interment. Curiosity can not directly conform the presence of life on mars. However the SAM module can see if the building blocks for life are out there.
Now all there is to do is to wait till the scientists can recheck their work and publish it. Its going to be an interesting few weeks.

Yester5 · Nov 21, 2012, 07:10 PM

Twinkie?

ucfgrad93 · Nov 21, 2012, 08:39 PM

I wish they would just tell us what it is. The suspense is killing me!

Smohil · Nov 22, 2012, 12:53 AM

What is it?

RawBert · Nov 22, 2012, 02:53 AM

They won't announce it until Dec 3. Freakin teases!
NASA said it's gonna be a 'historic' announcement. Meaning they found evidence that there was life at one point on Mars. Curiosity landed in a spot where water used to flow, so there are (or should be) signs that life existed once. They found those carbon-based molecules they were hoping to find.
Finally, we'll have hard evidence that life exists beyond Earth. (Duh, of course.)

Chundles · Nov 22, 2012, 03:08 AM

Methane.

noteple · Nov 23, 2012, 09:40 AM

Twinkies

snberk103 · Nov 23, 2012, 11:30 AM

It's OK everyone, false alarm. It was just my keys. NASA decoded TB Vets ID# and called me this morning. They say however it will be awhile before they can get the keys back to me.

MacFan782040 · Dec 8, 2012, 10:21 PM

what ever came out of this? lol apparently nothing "for the history books..."

ChristianJapan · Dec 9, 2012, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MacFan782040

what ever came out of this? lol apparently nothing "for the history books..."

Nothing really; just an "historical mission" in total ... But hey, I see it as an investment into our future so it's fine for me they try and even manage to land on the Mars with complex machinery.

DisMyMac · Dec 9, 2012, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MacFan782040

what ever came out of this? lol apparently nothing "for the history books..."

They're not going to announce anything interesting in the mainstream news. It's all debased garbage.

Google for mars conspiracies if you want to see real science. Ignore nattering academics, and trust your own judgement.

fat jez · Dec 10, 2012, 04:27 AM

"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said.
"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one - but still they
come!"

Dagless · Dec 10, 2012, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DisMyMac

Google for mars conspiracies if you want to see real science. Ignore nattering academics, and trust your own judgement.

For real science listen to local radio hosts who know a lot more than they should.

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RawBert macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: North Hollywood, CA	They won't announce it until Dec 3. Freakin teases! NASA said it's gonna be a 'historic' announcement. Meaning they found evidence that there was life at one point on Mars. Curiosity landed in a spot where water used to flow, so there are (or should be) signs that life existed once. They found those carbon-based molecules they were hoping to find. Finally, we'll have hard evidence that life exists beyond Earth. (Duh, of course.) __________________ THE ART OF RAW Steve Lives On
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snberk103 macrumors 601 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: An Island in the Salish Sea	It's OK everyone, false alarm. It was just my keys. NASA decoded TB Vets ID# and called me this morning. They say however it will be awhile before they can get the keys back to me. __________________ My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world. - Jack Layton
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fat jez macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Glasgow, UK	"The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one," he said. "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one - but still they come!" __________________ '11 MBP 2.3GHz 8GB RAM 240GB SSD 15" AG screen OS X 10.8.3 iPhone 5 64GB iPad 3rd Gen 3G 32GB
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