SuperFastJellyfish Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) Some good news, and some interesting science from Insight: Edited March 20, 2020 by SuperFastJellyfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Wow, that's pretty recent for lava flows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 They’re going to need a bigger drill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 3:07 AM, cubinator said: Wow, that's pretty recent for lava flows! About 10 millions of years ago? Yesterday in geological terms! Good old Mars is still hiding surprises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 37 minutes ago, Scotius said: About 10 millions of years ago? Yesterday in geological terms! Good old Mars is still hiding surprises We just need to park a bigger moon there to stir it up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Drag Ceres into Martian orbit. It's smaller than our Moon, but Mars is smaller than Earth too. Then drop a TON of ice comets to thicken the atmosphere and get hydrosphere going. Then it's smooth sailing towards the Blue Mars. We just need to figure out Step 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 NASA’s InSight lander on Mars is at risk of dying - Deseret News Dust has covered the solar panels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JcoolTheShipbuilder Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dfthu said: NASA’s InSight lander on Mars is at risk of dying - Deseret News Dust has covered the solar panels Hmm if only it had a space grade broom to brush dust off the panels... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfthu Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 6 minutes ago, JcoolTheShipbuilder said: Hmm if only it had a space grade broom to brush dust off the panels... I mean surely it wouldn’t be too hard to have some sort of rubber thing on magnetic rails to push it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 A toothbrush on a toy motor. Would 1 USD be enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewie Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) Oh boy......this is sad, really. Not quite like Oppy....but still like it. Let’s hope insight will pull through. Edited April 20, 2021 by Lewie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman.Spiff Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Oh geez... I hope InSight makes it through. That lander has had a rough few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 An idea of what that looks like on Earth- https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/damage-cushing-oklahoma-magnitude-50-earthquake-2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 5/10/2022 at 11:10 PM, SunlitZelkova said: An idea of what that looks like on Earth- https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/damage-cushing-oklahoma-magnitude-50-earthquake-2016 I know you know this - but so much of earthquake damage depends on the local terrain. (plus distance etc) I've been in 5s that really shook and some that barely registered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 18 hours ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: I know you know this - but so much of earthquake damage depends on the local terrain. (plus distance etc) I've been in 5s that really shook and some that barely registered *can look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Shows the worth of a nice, thick atmosphere. I wonder if Mars gets more impacts because it is closer to asteroid belt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 https://apnews.com/article/4f5f91727873df72be12c0ef0a31c2fb Insight falls silent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicTech Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Oh wow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 "On Dec. 18, 2022, InSight did not respond to communications from Earth. As expected, the lander’s power has been declining for months, and it’s assumed InSight may have reached its end of operations. NASA will declare the mission over when InSight misses two consecutive communication sessions with the spacecraft orbiting Mars, part of the Mars Relay Network – but only if the cause of the missed communication is the lander itself. After that, NASA’s Deep Space Network will listen for a time, just in case." She's gone Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Mission is officially over, rest in peace InSight, say hi to Oppy for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Water found in Mars https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxl849j77ko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AckSed Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Liquid water, even. Martian extremophile environment? It's possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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