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Date: 28 May 2007 12:31:12
From: Martin R. Howell
Subject: A hole in Mars
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What a strange little solar system we have going on! The Astronomy Picture
of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html), reveals one
heck of a bizarre quirk on the Red Planet. I want to think there is an
advanced civilization living beneath the surface that didn't pay their
light bill before the power was turned off. Come on, Martians. . .get
those lights back on so we can peer into your habitat.
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Martin R. Howell
Worldwide Amateur Astronomers
Moderated sci.astro.amateur
www.theastropost.com/moderated_sci.astro.amateur
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Date: 29 May 2007 10:34:33
From: AustinMN
Subject: Re: A hole in Mars
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On May 28, 2:31 pm, "Martin R. Howell"
<martinhow...@ilikestarsisp.com > wrote:
> What a strange little solar system we have going on! The Astronomy Picture
> of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html), reveals one
> heck of a bizarre quirk on the Red Planet. I want to think there is an
> advanced civilization living beneath the surface that didn't pay their
> light bill before the power was turned off. Come on, Martians. . .get
> those lights back on so we can peer into your habitat.
Those are just exhaust vents for the engines. They were attempting to
spark a greenhouse effect, but could never get a high enough
percentage of CO2. In any case, the exhaust vents are coated on the
inside with black soot...
Austin
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Date: 29 May 2007 21:41:14
From: Andrew Smallshaw
Subject: Re: A hole in Mars
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On 2007-05-29, AustinMN <tacooper260@hotmail.com > wrote:
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> Those are just exhaust vents for the engines. They were attempting to
> spark a greenhouse effect, but could never get a high enough
> percentage of CO2. In any case, the exhaust vents are coated on the
> inside with black soot...
It's actually a bubble that got sliced open. Thus proving that
even if the moon isn't, Mars is made out of cheese. ;-)
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Andrew Smallshaw
andrews@sdf.lonestar.org
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Date: 29 May 2007 04:22:54
From: Mark F.
Subject: Re: A hole in Mars
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Sand Worms!
RUN!
"Martin R. Howell" <martinhowell@ilikestarsisp.com > wrote in message
news:1ewsl3va7ldju$.1bc1ezur97gp8$.dlg@40tude.net...
>
> What a strange little solar system we have going on! The Astronomy
> Picture
> of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html), reveals one
> heck of a bizarre quirk on the Red Planet. I want to think there is an
> advanced civilization living beneath the surface that didn't pay their
> light bill before the power was turned off. Come on, Martians. . .get
> those lights back on so we can peer into your habitat.
>
>
> --
> Martin R. Howell
> Worldwide Amateur Astronomers
> Moderated sci.astro.amateur
> www.theastropost.com/moderated_sci.astro.amateur
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Date: 28 May 2007 22:41:56
From: Shawn
Subject: Re: A hole in Mars
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Mark F. wrote:
> Sand Worms!
> RUN!
No, that will just attract them.
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Date: 28 May 2007 19:47:45
From: Chris L Peterson
Subject: Re: A hole in Mars
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On Mon, 28 May 2007 12:31:12 -0700, "Martin R. Howell"
<martinhowell@ilikestarsisp.com > wrote:
>What a strange little solar system we have going on! The Astronomy Picture
>of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070528.html), reveals one
>heck of a bizarre quirk on the Red Planet. I want to think there is an
>advanced civilization living beneath the surface that didn't pay their
>light bill before the power was turned off. Come on, Martians. . .get
>those lights back on so we can peer into your habitat.
It makes me think of the deep boreholes (called moholes) that were used
in Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars books to tap into the planet's heat as
part of the terraforming process. We were the Martians.
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
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