Comments on: Phoenix Reaches Mars; Everything Is The Same

By: Sean Jin

Sean Jin — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:16:41 +0000

BTW Chris, not to suggest that you don’t have your work cut out for you.

Tim: Once again, I am in awe of the wisdom bestowed upon me from those that have come before.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:12:50 +0000

Sean, there are two kinds of problems in life: The kind that can be solved with alcohol and the kind that can’t. What you’ve mentioned are clearly not the latter.

By: Sean Jin

Sean Jin — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:03:26 +0000

Man, I’m burned out. Give me a break. Mohamed’s killing me with the test tomorrow, vocab quiz on Thursday, video due on Friday, oral exams next week and then finals the week after that.
Not to mention my history seminar paper, the Hate Issue coming out soon, ISA Co-Director elections…argh. I’m so glad I’m not in ASUO anymore.

By: Chris Holman

Chris Holman — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:48:35 +0000

No need to throw insults around Jinny ma boy! You’re far less coherent in this thread than I am, if we’re keeping track of such things. : )

By: Sean Jin

Sean Jin — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:34:18 +0000

You’re starting to sound like Michael Moore, Ustathee.

By: Chris Holman

Chris Holman — Tue, 27 May 2008 06:33:09 +0000

War was reverse engineered from alien technology? If so, there might be hope for humankind.

By: Sean Jin

Sean Jin — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:52:16 +0000

Oh, yeah.
Same could be argued for war, though.
M&Ms, the Internet, backyard nuclear power plants…

By: CJ Ciaramella

CJ Ciaramella — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:18:37 +0000

Lies! Those were all reverse engineered from alien technology found in the 1947 Roswell crash!

By: Chris Holman

Chris Holman — Tue, 27 May 2008 03:49:13 +0000

Kidney Dialysis Machines, CAT Scans, Water Purification technology….

To name a few of about 1400 or so.

By: Sean Jin

Sean Jin — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Care to elaborate, Chris?

By: Chris Holman

Chris Holman — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:39:46 +0000

I like stuff like this for the sorts of things we ‘discover’ along the way, and I’m not talking about anything from Mars or the Moon.

By: Sean Jin

Sean Jin — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:15:09 +0000

It’s always my blog posts that result in tangential stories of drunkenness.

I quit.

Or maybe…I will blog more. Muahaha…

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:05:06 +0000

Well, I’m glad you at least made it home. The way you were stumbling around, I worried that you might pass out in a puddle of your own urine under that parking garage…

By: CJ Ciaramella

CJ Ciaramella — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:05:23 +0000

Oh man, Mars lander pictures make me so hot. Even better than pornotube.com. And shame on you, Vincent, for getting on the blog after a night at Samurai Duck. I guess shame on me, too. Shame on us all. Aw, fuck it. I’m drunk.

By: Vincent.

Vincent. — Mon, 26 May 2008 08:52:42 +0000

Totally disagree, guys. I think these sorts of missions are valuable in and of themselves, and far more useful for enhancing our knowledge of our solar system and neighboring planets than simply shooting a few astronauts up in the Space Shuttle for a couple of weeks.

It’s not just about the pictures. Spirit and Opportunit have far outlasted their projected lifespans, and have transmitted all sorts of data about Mars in the meantime. As far as I’m concerned, the taxpayers have more than gotten what they payed for with those two. I guess we’ll have to see if Phoenix pans out just as well.

Science isn’t always sexy, but compared to some of the asinine shit the government routinely funds, I’ve little complaint about using taxpayer money to advance our understanding of the solar system.

By: human nature

human nature — Mon, 26 May 2008 05:48:51 +0000

somehow, the cost of those pictures doesn’t seem worth it