NASA Knows How Mars Got a Jelly Doughnut 61
The Associated Press reports that the mysterious "jelly doughnut" shaped rock spotted by the Opportunity rover on Mars wasn't put there by aliens or by mysterious forces of Mars weather. Instead, the NASA has a simple explanation: one of the rover's larger wheels "broke it off a larger rock and then kicked it into the field of view." Of course, they would say that just to head off a lawsuit demanding an investigation into the real reasons.
Where are the cops? (Score:5, Funny)
Donuts without cops? No way!
Re:Where are the cops? (Score:5, Funny)
Actually better coverage is at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2... [theregister.co.uk]
Where they have all the Pictures, and the foot prints of the cops involved.
Aliens (Score:2)
Actually, if its the rover, then its definitely the Aliens who put it there.
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Nasa found cops on Mars. Still no sign of intelligent life, though.
Re:Amazing what all of the Republicans... (Score:4)
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I wouldn't worry about him too much, he is obviously a second rate hack. A true pro would have blamed Bush for the rock.
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Re:Amazing what all of the Republicans... (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm offended by your overgeneralization. Sometimes different people believe the same thing.
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are coming-up with. Considering their religion says aliens don't exist, why are so many of those people claiming they do and that they constructed this rock? They already proved themselves liars with the huge number of them that claim to have been abducted by aliens. Those people are nuts, and it is sickening how they try to make everything about politics.
Religion makes no statement as to the existence of aliens or not. If you are talking about texts related to Jews, Christians and Muslims, their books are about the relationship between their God and humans. No more and no less.
As for them being nuts and trying to inject politics into everything -- you were the one who interjected politics and religion into an otherwise neutral subject.
What, a lead like that and... (Score:5, Interesting)
...no one observes that the Jelly Doughnut rock on mars was where the complaints about Beta might have been thrown?
Republican Martians throwing them (Score:1)
"Get off my bedrock lawn, you stupid illegal alien robot!"
show the proof! (Score:3)
I think that's an extraordinary claim. Are there any photos showing this rock in the path of the rover before it clipped it? The unusual composition of this rock bears investigating, and suggests some other origin (like a meteor impact). Why is the composition inconsistent with other rocks? Because it's not from there.
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Yes, i do find it sad to have to link a article with pictures because people have little common sense, and even less ability to use that google thing on that interweb of tubes.
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So in other words... (Score:5, Insightful)
NASA are saying it is not a man-made object or the result of natural phenomena, but rather that it was put there by a probe from another planet!
dun dun dun
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NASA are saying it is not a man-made object or the result of natural phenomena, but rather that it was put there by a probe from another planet!
dun dun dun
A listening device that destroyed the Martian Republic. It was politics that did them in.
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jelly donut?
on the back was written:
"ich bin ein martian"
might take a while to translate that, though.
Of course they know ..... (Score:3)
The NSA has been tracking everyone's data, and especially things going on in foreign sand-filled landscapes.
What's that, the title was NASA knows, not NSA knows?
NASA Can Put This to Rest If They ... (Score:2)
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And after an exhaustive investigation.... (Score:1)
Legally mandated interplanetary exploration (Score:2)
I hope the Judge orders and investigation.
Besides, I'm sure there's someone else we could sue out there.
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You guys need to discover proper jam doughnuts (Score:3)
I tried a "jelly" doughnut when I was in America. Nowhere near as nice as jam ones in the UK. :-)
Common knowledge (Score:2)
Nothing will convince conspiracy theorists. (Score:4, Insightful)
Why hasn't someone... (Score:1)
why oh why (Score:2)