Thread: They F***ing did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by marcopolointhailand

Dont worry,it'll be too many thousands of years b4 mankind goes extinct...'here'

there's a distinct chance we could end it sooner.

Originally Posted by zeusbheld

there's a distinct chance we could end it sooner.

Indeed. Maybe less than 100 years. But not likely an extinction; more like a vast thinning/culling...

Originally Posted by THX 1133

more like a vast thinning/culling

...I know exactly where to begin...

Originally Posted by keekwai

^ Good on you for volunteering!

with all due respect, i think he was volunteering you. that said, he opted out of the breeder program...

Originally Posted by Umbuku

Not for a long time. Tectonics have been stable since whatever mantle convection process Mars had ceased.

Well, not quite;
Scientists discover plate tectonics on Mars, say Marsquakes are likely | The Petri Dish

Seems a new discovery.

“Mars is at a primitive stage of plate tectonics. It gives us a glimpse of how the early Earth may have looked and may help us understand how plate tectonics began on Earth,” said researcher An Yin, the lead scientists examining Mars tectonics.

Conjecturing out of his arse. Mars is not like Earth at any stage of its tectonic history.

“When I studied the satellite images from Mars, many of the features looked very much like fault systems I have seen in the Himalayas and Tibet, and in California as well, including the geomorphology,” said Yin.

No surpirises there.
There have been tectonic systems active on Mars in the past when it still had a hot active mantle.

“I think the fault is probably still active, but not every day. It wakes up every once in a while over a very long duration — perhaps every million years or more,” said Yin. ”I don’t quite understand why the plates are moving with such a large magnitude or what the rate of movement is — maybe Mars has a different form of plate tectonics.”

Think...once in a while...don't quite understand...maybe...

Not really evidence of a Marsquake at all is it.

Of course it's possible there is still some tectonic activity along old fault lines but this guy is bucking for funding and grasping at flimsy data.

I just attended the International Geological Congress being held in my city and there are a lot of whackjobs that don't deserve their doctorates out there. Did you know there are some geologists out there that believe in ether theory (disproved in the 19th century), and an expanding Earth (disproved by satellite measurements and GPS readings).

I'm very interested to hear of any geologic related Mars news from Curiosity, but I doubt it will be able to detect any large scale tectonic forces at work.

^ I thought you might be interested in this; Of course it's conjecture at this point. I would hope Mars has some genuine surprises waiting to be uncovered.
With what we know about "life" and the extremes it's been found in here on earth (volcanoes [terrestial], and the deep ocean vents at hundreds of degrees Celsius, I will not be waiting with baited anything; I'll be shocked if they find NO evidence of life; both present and past.

Interactive 360 degree panorama of the Mars Curiosity landing site.

Curiosity rover: Martian solar day 2

^cool. it looks like a dry riverbed in the foreground

Originally Posted by NokYai

Interactive 360 degree panorama of the Mars Curiosity landing site.

Cool. I spun around about 5 times and can't see Mr. Sharp. Where the hell is it?

I think it got washed out (over exposed). Not sure though.

^ Links, links please. A good healthy chuckle, for sure, thanks.