Er, just a slight question Mr Dull. Why do you choose to still post here if you think Seti is a waste of time?

I Like To Look. Looking Is My Life.

To Boldly Look where No Human Has Looked Before. Seeking Out New Look Sees. To See Strange Old Worlds. To Look at Old No Life and No Civilizations. These are The Voyages Of Demonella. Its Lifetime Mission.

To Seek and See.

DEMON...Earth Core HOT

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!

The following linked article goes over some familiar ground, but also fills in several interesting details not usually mentioned. The general theme; that there is much more work to be done on even these first samples, before more can be known about their significance. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/508211/mars-rover-finds-puzzling-organic-traces-in-first-soil-samples/

Looking forward to a new Mars Rover...

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You're welcome, Chris:)

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Update:


Mars rover Curiosity will use drill for first time





The NASA rover Curiosity is set to use its drill for the first time on Mars in a region where water once possibly flowed, scientists say. Boring into a rock would be one of the 1-ton rover’s most difficult tasks since arriving on the Red Planet Aug. 5.

“This is something that we waited patiently for and accepted risk in driving to this destination,” said mission scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech. “This has been very exciting.”

Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera at Night

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time used the camera on its arm to take photos at night, illuminated by white lights and ultraviolet lights on the instrument.


This image of a Martian rock illuminated by white-light LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS



This image of a Martian rock illuminated by ultraviolet LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Those rocks certainly look as if their edges had been rounded off by
running water, at some time in the past.

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Those rocks certainly look as if their edges had been rounded off by
running water, at some time in the past.

I thought exactly the same thing. Thanks for the pics Lynn.

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Thanks for the update Chris

+1

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Update :-)


Curiosity Drills into Pristine Mars Rock



Not content with laser-burning and scrubbing Mars rock, Curiosity has now drilled into a rocky target, exposing the pristine geological bounty inside. This is the first time a robot has carried out a drilling operation on another planet. What’s more, the action of drilling its way into the “John Klein” outcrop has dislodged material near the drill bit (pictured above), exposing a bright vein presumably rich in calcium sulfate.

Would be great if they were to discover coal below the surface.

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The Kite Fliers

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

Yep, the buiding blocks of life...

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So would a Martian trilobite, preserved in stone.

I bit of roman pottery would be rather interesting .....

...would be rather extremely rather-rather interesting if they did, I'd say.

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Kite fliers: An imaginary club of solo members, those who don't yet
belong to a formal team so "fly their own kites" - as the saying goes.

I bit of roman pottery would be rather interesting .....

...would be rather extremely rather-rather interesting if they did, I'd say.

Nah, now one of the Grumman TBM Avengers from Flight 19 would have them scratching their heads though.

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Fortymile Photo

Here's some more footage on the matter

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It looks like the Curiosity A computer has a problem related to flash memory. Curiosity has started using the backup B computer. This could be a problem for any computer on the Earth, but difficult to solve on Mars. While a rotating hard disk works even if it has some bad blocks, a solid state disk may become unreadable.
Tullio

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Curiosity Mars rover confirms first drilled Martian rock sample

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NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Recovering from Computer Glitch

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NASA Puts Mars Rover Curiosity on Standby After Solar Flare

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