Spirit Dies?

[Pie]

Valles Marineris (MPI) - A spokesthing for Mars Air Force denounced as false rumors that an alien space craft crashed in the desert, outside of Ares Vallis on Friday. Appearing at a press conference today, General Rgrmrmy The Lesser, stated that "the object was, in fact, a harmless high-altitude weather balloon, not an alien spacecraft".

The story broke late Friday night when a major stationed at nearby Ares Vallis Air Force Base contacted the Valles Marineris Daily Record with a story about a strange, balloon-shaped object which allegedly came down in the nearby desert, "bouncing" several times before coming to a stop, "deflating in a sudden explosion of alien gases". Minutes later, General Rgrmrmy The Lesser contacted the Daily Record telepathically to contradict the earlier report.

General Rgrmrmy The Lesser stated that hysterical stories of a detachable vehicle roaming across the Martian desert were blatant fiction, provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But the general public has been slow to accept the Air Force's explanation of recent events, preferring to speculate on the "other-worldly" nature of the crash debris.

Conspiracy theorists have condemned Rgrmrmy's statements as evidence of "an obvious government cover-up", pointing out that Mars has no swamps.

[xoxoxoBruce]

[richlevy]

Very well done!

[Pie]

Not mine, and quite old -- I think it dates back to 1997 when the Pathfinder mission landed. It had its own rover, Sojourner.

[xoxoxoBruce]

You still get credit for bringing it here, sort of a finders fee, if you will.
As a reward, your membership in the Cellar for the next year, is absolutely free.

[Griff]

Nice find Pie!

[tw]

Things are getting grim on Mars. A rover that cannot move can no longer perform science its instruments were designed to perform.

Extrication drives were tried on sols 2138, 2140 and 2142 (Jan. 7, 9 and 11, 2010). Each of these drives employed a new technique of steering the wheels back and forth before driving. … However, even with these new techniques, little forward progress has been achieved. And excessive sinkage continues to occur with each attempt.
Both the right-front and right-rear wheel continue to be non-functional.

It just does not have enough horsepower to get out of a place called Troy.

[glatt]

Dude, stop being so negative. This thing lived how many years longer than it was expected to? It should be celebrated. It was a huge success. But every mission must end.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by tw

Things are getting grim on Mars. A rover that cannot move can no longer perform science its instruments were designed to perform. It just does not have enough horsepower to get out of a place called Troy.

All the bold indicate negatives - glatt is 100% correct.

[Pie]

When I die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that's the best
When I lay me down to die
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
That's where I'm gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
I'm gonna go to the place that's the best.

[classicman]

Its really quite funny - you've said you attempt to post without emotion, but is seethes out of every sentence you write.

Note: my post has no emotion in it either - just fact, yet your response . . .

[tw]

Originally Posted by classicman

Note: my post has no emotion in it either - just fact, yet your response . . .

More cheap shots. And not one useful contribution on the topic: the Martian Rovers. Instead you again attack others.

What criteria do you use to decide who to attack today? How many sided are your 'attack dice'?

[classicman]

Originally Posted by tw

More cheap shots. Instead you again attack others.
What criteria do you use to decide who to attack today? How many sided are your 'attack dice'?

There was no attack Tom - chill out. Sheesh.

[tw]

Originally Posted by classicman

There was no attack Tom

Morethanpretty asked for a technical solution in the Technology group (Choosing an adaptor). How many times did you post without even one word to help Morethanpretty? You even got your cheap shot Ruch Limbaugh comments in there. And nothing to assist morethanpretty. Why are you everywhere posting your political agenda and cheapshots?

As usual, you are posting without contributing anything. Wacko extremism must make discussion nasty. And that is what you promote constantly.

When should we expect then next cheapshot on Obama? Maybe you could schedule these replies? Rush has a schedule. Why not you?

[classicman]

Originally Posted by tw

You even got your cheap shot Ruch Limbaugh comments in there.

Nope, again I posted nothing about him - just you and you buddy.

Wacko extremism must make discussion nasty.

wrong again - I made a simple joke - you and your cronie didn't like it and went off on your own attacks - try for accuracy next time.

When should we expect then next cheapshot on Obama?

When was the last?

Maybe you could schedule these replies? Rush has a schedule. Why not you?

I too have a schedule, just not the same as his I would assume. Since I don't know him, nonr listen to him I wouldn't know though.