Water Flowed Recently on Mars

elfguygmail.com writes "According to to Space.com 'Small gullies on Mars were carved by water recently and would be prime locations to look for life, NASA scientists said today.' "

How recently?

[Tanjou]

Is this another instance of "recently" meaning "within the last 1,000,000 years?" ...recently is since the last episode of Family Guy.

Documentary

[exi1ed0ne]

Of course they have - The whole core is ice!! [imdb.com] Now, hot looking mutants is the find I'm looking for!

Re:Smallest write-up ever?

[A beautiful mind]

No. The smallest one was the empty story on april's fools day. Maybe that one was the only truly funny story that day.

Re:Move on NASA!

[Anonymous Coward]

I entirely understand, we pay NASA Billions of dollars a year and they give us a broken space shuttle and a couple Mars Rovers?

Martian Spring

[SilentReallySilentUs]

Water straight from the untouched springs of Mars! Fabulous!

Re:Slashdot Frequently Seen Characters

[demonbug]

6. And then we'll have those people that don't really care what the topic is, but like to show how long they've been around /. by making pointless generalizations about what everyone else will say. They won't actually add anyting to the discussion, or make any relevant points or provide any insights, but they will feel good about themselves because, umm, they posted something.

7. After that, another group will come in, pointing out the pointlessness of the above group's post, in posts that are, if possible, even more pointless and off topic. But then, just before the end of their posts, this last group will throw in some almost-related-to-the-topic bit, like "maybe it was glaciers!", so that they can preted that their post was in fact on-topic.

Re:Slashdot Frequently Seen Characters

[goldspider]

Truly colonization is a worthy goal. Our desecration of the Earth will necessitate seeking resources elsewhere in our solar system! Of course, burning fossil fuels to send vehicles into space is counterproductive, so insted I propose a space elevator constructed entirely of carbon nanotubes!

However, that sort of thing costs money, and we have people starving in our own streets! We need to take care of our imediate needs first.

And yes, it's true that we have things like microwave ovens, teflon, and the 4-day work week today because of the tireless efforts of NASA... ...but ultimately the triumph of the human siprit will, as always, provide us with our every need, fending off the previously-believed impending doom of our culture, and eventually allow us to explore and conquer the vast reaches of space!

What was the article about again?

Re:Martian Spring

[Aqua OS X]

Until you drink it and die from space aids.

Re:How recently?

[riptide_dot]

As has been said, "recent" is in geologic terms.

So when my boss says I'll get a raise "soon", then he too, must be thinking in geologic terms. That would certainly explain a lot - I just thought he didn't want to give me a raise; I didn't consider that we might be using two different timelines...:)

In related news....

[ericdano]

In related news, scientists have discovered that Slashdot.org [slashdot.org] did have a period of time where stories were run without duplicates.....

Re:Move on NASA!

[NXIL]

"It is generally agreed that you need homochirality - either all left-handed or all right-handed - for life to get off the ground,"

We are going to Mars to find a bunch of left handed homos?

Hot Mars Lesbian pOrn would be good; it could help pay for the spacefreight on the Mars Bottled Water. (Hey, is that any less dumb than importing it from France?)

Re:How recently?

[glenstar]

I'm going to Scotland in September - what must I not miss?

Your plane and/or train.

Re:To answer your question....

[youta]

The first page is dated in the year 2000! I wonder if this is really news after all! The second page is dated 2001. It states basically the same thing as the article the submitter linked to, however it says how long ago "recent" is--10,000,000 years!!

If 10,000,000 is "recent", then 2005 vs 2000 is still breaking news. :P

Re:Move on NASA!

[Thuktun]

Many religious beliefs would be decimated

Reduced by one tenth? Probably so.

Re:Move on NASA!

[brouski]

So you make a highly contraversial statement that the Bible explicitly states extraterrestrials exist, and don't bother to back it up with chapter/verse, book of origin, or even try to paraphrase the line?

Who the hell do you think you are?

Re:Move on NASA!

[Anonymous Coward]

Uhhh... God. Uhhh... Angels. There's two, anyway, forms of extra-terrestial sentient life that mainstream Judeo-Christian types believe in.