Ah, April Fools !

And someone thinks this is funny.... what about those who dont't know enough about space... and they believe this... how childish

If this were really true then how will they ever get the samples back since any orbit they were placed in would surely degrade before we would be able get back to them. So much for these foolish samples should have stayed on the surface with the rovers.

Hehe. Very funny :)

Maybe a bit too obvious though. :) They should have chosen a more "likely" theme, like "Methane on Mars confirmed to be of biological origin" or something like that...

Anyway, have a nice April 1st, and don't get fooled. :)

Hehe ROFL thats was great, got a laugh out of me thats for sure.

OMG, ok ok you got me! Sheesh, Im a sucker! My eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets....wow it woulda been nice woudn't it?

I fell for it, Good one Jim !! :)

Wow. You got me for about 1 minute until I read Cooments. Good one. Happy April 1..

Vast Horde of Martian Insect Aboard--Rockets Aimed at Earth--10 grams of Antimatter to power their spaceship--were all doomed.

"Mr. Spock--sheilds up!"
"But Jim, the damn little insects have ethical reasons--remember Earth invaded them first!"
And so goes the saga on "First Contact"!
"But I wanted a Daisy World...can't we terraform."

April Fools!

JWeikle: what are your thoughts.
Here is a Question, what is stopping commercialization and privatization of space?

Here is what I think are some of the reasons or what I think we are lacking.
1 places to go
2 ways to get there
3 cost

How could this be changed?

1 creation of mini ISS (Hotels in space)
The value in proposing mini Hotels as it were something like a mini Skylab or of a few ISS modules as need be. Placing them in other orbits such as the Hubble and other inclinations IMO could if it were be used as a dual purpose for those that would be willing to pay and for safe haven for the shuttle. Placing them with specific spacing to allow for transistioning from one station to the next kind of leap frogging from one station to the next while in LEO would also aid in resupply if necessary between station to station.

2 create new xprize contest for Taxi ships to new hotels

3 new consumer based needs for resupply for Hotel chains would start a new business

4 Pricing the cost of going lower than 10 million would start a continued falling of cost for those that can initially afford this price.

Well, Harold, my attention was diverted by the "Double whammy" article. While reading that article, I was thinking about the "Defenses Down--Dust storm hits the solar system" was written on space.com a while back. The author provide wonderful insight and I went to the library for some searching for further thoughts from UIC researcher. Then correlating that with the "WIMP" highway article. An (IDEA) formulated a hypothesis--"Accelerated Particle Streams from Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy: Possible precursor RNA and DNA molecules seeding Precambrian peroid on Earth and Venusian Destruction". Who knows, might explain how life started on this planet and the total resurfacing of Venus 500 million years ago. What extinction happened 245 million years ago? There for the taking of any scientific inquiry--any evolutionary biologist or geologist out there??? Just give me some credit, if the idea hasn't been postulated before now.

Harold, those questions I have to defer to an Advertising and Marketing individual. Yet, sell the entire concept to every individual. I'm looking forward to the Galatic shrimp next month, out here on the Chesapeake Bay Area. Why hasn't other major corporate sponsorships picked up on "The Martian Connection"? Where is the POLO-MARS-RL designer clothes or Martian Sunspot All Body Tan Salons or the Phobus Tampon--Desert Dryness--Yet Fresh. Get Corporate America on the Mars bandwagon--sell things "Martian". Martian insurance policies- RoboMartians? Pokemartians? Asteroid-smashmum remote controlled cars and gliders? Have 10% of all profits from Corporate America generating achievable spacebased technologies for the 21st Century, to build the hotels and casinos. Oh, the cycadias are emerging this year after 17 years underground out here on the East Coast--with those darned red-eyes they have--heck they are the Martian invaders--a swarm having left the planet millions of years ago--every fisherman or fisherwoman will want the "Martian Bait and Tackle Lure--it sound like a Cydonian Pharoh "--endorsed by (outdoors spokeperson). And where are the Martian picturebooks, coloring books, toy action figurines--oops got a head of my self there--not all people know how to use 3D Modeling software. Why isn't even Santa or the Easter Bunny on this, I want my stocking filled with Mars. I want Martian Bunny Chocolate Drops-filled with the big ol red cherry. I want my "Valley Marianus CanyonLand Dune Buggy" under my Christmas tree this year! I want "BlueBerry" Beaded ornimates! Reflecto Retro Martian Disco-mania! Making Dust Track Martian Military Commando Action Play Set. Oh, for the lady's too--Loopa-Mars perfume and complimentary Demios Astra Dark Lip Gloss! All in a sand tone hand bag! Or Hellas Pumps--for the higher walking stride--improves any wiggle and accuentuates the Amazonian Characteristics of the species!

So, those questions belong to an Advertising and Marketing firm for 'right brained' thinking!

It is still April Fool's--isn't it!

Oh, this is my last semester--just one more darned class this summer. I want to be a teacher or trainer!

You are correct in that the corporate greed for making a buck off from some one elses work has no caught on. Hell donate $1 on every item sold that has a Mars logo or photo from the 2 Rovers could easily finance all the missions for quite a long time to come.
I was thinking this morning on the way to work that the Military could finance the first hotel near the Hubble and sell time shares to each branch of the services to add more modules to it for non military use.

JWeikle: I forgot to say thank you, This is definitely a must do from and for the corporate side of the investment in space exploration to aid in lowering cost for all concerned. Long before the places to go and how to get there can be resolved.

that is so funny i thought it was true

I am trying to contact the European Space Agency
department that is preparing to crash into an
asteroid. I cannot find any info. Demios Space
company is art of the team, and I cannot find a link to them. Can anyone help me?