Anyone else excited about Mars?

MissTattoo
MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
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NO! Not the candy bar!

Curiosity Rover is set to land on Mars on Sunday and we will finally know if there is actual water in the ice caps. I'm so geeked out! I've already cleared my schedule for Sunday to watch it live!
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  • Fatal1ty2k5
    Fatal1ty2k5 Posts: 333 Member
    Didn't even know that was happening.

    Only thing on my radar for Sunday is the 1st NFL preseason game.
  • DoomCakes
    DoomCakes Posts: 806 Member
    Interesting. Wish I had cable, but I didn't see the sense in paying 60 dollars when I'm not a big tv person.
  • MonaMel01
    MonaMel01 Posts: 18
    Right now I'm excited about trampoline in the Olympics on Friday and Saturday. I guess I'm geeky like that.

    Cannot wait until pro football starts back up!

    Two words... HOT MEN!!
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  • Jellyphant
    Jellyphant Posts: 1,400 Member
    First time I'm hearing about it! Cool, we're almost to the point of Futurama! :happy:
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
    FOCUS PEOPLE!!! lol If they find water on Mars, humans can live there one day!
  • jsj024519
    jsj024519 Posts: 400 Member
    I am excited about saving 15% on off my car insurance by switching to Geico
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/building_curiosity.html


    Learn!
  • skybird455
    skybird455 Posts: 172 Member
    Didn't even know that was happening.

    Only thing on my radar for Sunday is the 1st NFL preseason game.

    ^^ yep cant schedule anything else....FOOTBALL BABY!! Best thing about football? FOOT BALL FOOD duh!
  • martymum
    martymum Posts: 413 Member
    our 12 year old son is hyper about it...they have run a series on bbc2 he has been watching.

    he wants to study geology and then join the RAF so he can be on the first manned mission!!

    martyx
  • Lize11e
    Lize11e Posts: 419
    I had forgotten about that! So glad you posted about it :bigsmile: Thanks!!
  • skybird455
    skybird455 Posts: 172 Member
    FOCUS PEOPLE!!! lol If they find water on Mars, humans can live there one day!

    just saying I thought men were from mars already? and chicks are from venus? right?


    ok, as a geomorphologist, I do see what you are saying, its just funny that its posted here ;)
  • KyleB65
    KyleB65 Posts: 1,196 Member
    Thought that this had already been answered! Why doesn't someone just ask the Autobots? They have been there! :-)
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
    FOCUS PEOPLE!!! lol If they find water on Mars, humans can live there one day!

    just saying I thought men were from mars already? and chicks are from venus? right?


    ok, as a geomorphologist, I do see what you are saying, its just funny that its posted here ;)


    lol I figured I would bring out the nerd in everyone.
  • BLKeisha
    BLKeisha Posts: 22 Member
    I hadnt heard about this either and would love to watch that. Its amazing the things the Lord allows us to descover but I dont believe that humans will EVER live on Mars.
  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    That is awesome!! I had no idea they were doing it until now!! This could mean a lot of new possibilities!!
  • cgraylyon
    cgraylyon Posts: 292 Member
    Thanks for the reminder! I can't wait to watch. It has been such a busy week that I totally forgot. Just sent myself and email reminder! LOL
  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    ALSO you said you're clearing sunday to watch live? What channel???
  • FitToFifty
    FitToFifty Posts: 164 Member
    Didn't even know that was happening.

    Only thing on my radar for Sunday is the 1st NFL preseason game.

    I can't wait to hear the dun dun dun of MNF!!!!
  • pitbulllover
    pitbulllover Posts: 98 Member
    FOCUS PEOPLE!!! lol If they find water on Mars, humans can live there one day!

    I'm a science geek. I've been dreaming about the day that we can go populate another planet. Doubt it'll be mars though. I actually just re-watched Stephen hawkings into the universe earlier this week.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    You know you're a geek when....


    Anyway, I'm just hoping they manage to send a life form to Mars within my lifetime!
  • portalm
    portalm Posts: 201 Member
    NO! Not the candy bar!

    Curiosity Rover is set to land on Mars on Sunday and we will finally know if there is actual water in the ice caps. I'm so geeked out! I've already cleared my schedule for Sunday to watch it live!

    I mean If they have ICE caps... Which we know they do, Why would we not think there would be water in them? Would we think the ice caps are made out of something else? Like Alcohol or something?
  • plantgrrl
    plantgrrl Posts: 436 Member
    Yup me too! My husband is an Astronomer and will be at a NASA conference at Langley on Friday. I'm sure we can watch it online. :D
  • cersela
    cersela Posts: 160 Member
    It is exciting, but if you want to get people on here interested mention Martian gravity is 38% of Earth’s so they would 'weigh' less there.
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    Didn't even know that was happening.

    Me either! If I had cable, I'd watch it.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Not as excited about it as you are (mainly because I'm not excited for my homegirl Claressa Shields getting her gold medal on Monday) but I definitely am looking forward to seeing about the possibilities.

    But I'm not too hopefuly sadly. They have on multiple occassions ruled out possibilities of humans living there and they have found traces of water which is fun enough I guess
  • angiemartin78
    angiemartin78 Posts: 475 Member
    Didn't even know that was happening.

    Only thing on my radar for Sunday is the 1st NFL preseason game.

    ^^^ That's what I'm talking about! It's beginning to be my favorite time of year again :drinker:
  • martymum
    martymum Posts: 413 Member
    ok....news flash........................

    if you have an xbox360 and xbox live....you can watch the landing on there on sunday night...there is even a countdown on the dashboard!!

    son now even more excited has set his phone to count down lol

    martyx
  • ErinBeth7
    ErinBeth7 Posts: 1,625 Member
    ooooo I have xbox live!!!

    I thought that it was too cold to sustain life on mars? At least for now...

    http://news.cnet.com/Was-Mars-too-cold-to-sustain-life/2100-1008_3-5803911.html
  • ahviendha
    ahviendha Posts: 1,291 Member
    NO! Not the candy bar!

    Curiosity Rover is set to land on Mars on Sunday and we will finally know if there is actual water in the ice caps. I'm so geeked out! I've already cleared my schedule for Sunday to watch it live!

    I mean If they have ICE caps... Which we know they do, Why would we not think there would be water in them? Would we think the ice caps are made out of something else? Like Alcohol or something?
    Just wiki-ed it.
    "Earth's polar ice caps are mainly water ice, while Mars's polar ice caps are a mixture of solid phase carbon dioxide and water ice."

    Awesome though, thanks OP, will definitely watch =) I too am obsessed with astronomy and the universe!

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