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Fossil found on Mars?

Discussion in 'Alley of Dangerous Angles' started by Dorion Blackstar, Mar 12, 2004.

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    Well on the way home from work tonight I heard they found a fossil on Mars.I also heard they destroyed it on purpose.

    My question's are, if they found a fossil on mars

    1.Why is it not front page news on every newspaper in the world I mean this is huge!

    2.Why on earth would they destroy it?

    So what is realy going on here?
    I will search for some links in the morning and post back later.IT's two am here and I just got home from work,time to relax.

    [ March 12, 2004, 12:56: Message edited by: Taluntain ]
     
    Dorion Blackstar, Mar 12, 2004
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    If a fossil was found on Mars, NASA would DEFINITELY announce it. Of course, they would have to be absolutely sure beforehand.

    Destroy it? I doubt that.
     
    Blackhawk, Mar 12, 2004
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    [​IMG] An interesting article about this:

    The "F" Word and Mars...

    Nothing conclusive in the stroy, but it does give you something to think about.
     
    Sir Belisarius, Mar 12, 2004
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    I've heard the Russians discovered life on Mars shortly before Putin's election and withheld the information for political reasons, ie not to lend Putin unfair credit as he was the acting president at the time.
     
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    Well I dont know what to make of this.The only article I could find was one simialar to Sir Bels. I wish I knew the radio program I heard it on but sadly I was just flicking and it was not on one of the stations I usualy listen to.

    Is this guy just anther conspiracy nut or is Nasa realy hiding something this big.I dont know.

    Maybe I will be able to turn up something more later but who knows.
     
    Dorion Blackstar, Mar 13, 2004
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    Well, I haven't heard anything about it. The news is concentrating about St. Joe's loss against Xavier in basketball. I hate the news. Anyways, I'm positive there is life in the universe, but I'm surprised it's so close to us. No links to articles on it or anything?
     
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    It's possible that there are fossils but it's obvious nothing is definate. NASA would announce it if they were sure. Conspiricy theorists would be the ones saying that the fossils were destroyed (how they could destroy a fossil on mars is beyond me, let alone why).

    The idea is to only listen to the pros. (i.e. NASA) about this type of information, not Joe Shmuck on the radio confessing his alien anal probe.
     
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    Well Abomination this guy was hardly just some joe shmuck professing alien probes.They were talking about setting up a debate with the lead scientist from the mars team.This guy is well connecteced within the nasa community.

    I would hardly have taken time to post this if he was talking alien probes and such nonesense.

    I can think of lots of reasons why they would cover it up,the threat to religion being just one.

    I thought it would have been easier to find stuf on him since he said he had a website dedicated to the space program but I couldnt remeber his name so I just dont have enough info.

    But lets leave the Alien probes out of this.
     
    Dorion Blackstar, Mar 13, 2004
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    There is no credible reason when one of the four stated goals of NASA's Mars exploration program is to determine whether life ever arose on Mars.
     
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    Stated goals are not always true either.One of the stated goals of the war on Iraq was to democratize the middle east,I dont believe that one either.

    I am not saying this is what's happenning here,I sure cant find enough info to even mount an effective argument for this case,but I would not rule it out just yet.

    I have never been sure , is Nasa privatley funded or is it funded by the goverment or both?

    I sure cant deny the lack of info makes me skepitacal about this guys claim but I am not done looking for it just yet.

    Maybe I can catch the show again this week and at least try to find a link through the radio program.
     
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    NASA is a US government agency.

    Now, tell me, why would NASA state as one of only four of its goals for its Mars exploration program something that it didn't intend to do? If, as you say, there are many reasons why they would want to cover up such findings, why would they publicize such an intent? Such an intent implies they believe the possibility exists, and it is worth the money they are asking for to find out. Why would NASA tailor their missions to Mars to satisfy this goal, if their intent was to cover up the results? The money spent to satisfy that goal could have been spent to satisfy some other goal; why would they waste their limited resources?

    It is one thing to say they accidentally found evidence while conducting a mission unrelated to its discovery and then covered it up; it is quite another to say they are covering up evidence they expressly stated they were looking for.
     
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    Look as I said I don't realy think there is anything to this either.I mean its just too big.If this guy can get on a national talk show and talk it about but no major news source has covered it I doubt there is much too it.

    However don't you just love the smell of a good conspiracy.
     
    Dorion Blackstar, Mar 14, 2004
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    [​IMG] Have any of you seen this? It is a photo taken by the Global Surveyor. What the heck is it? This guy Hoagland claims it's biological, but an expert at NASA says it's just a rock formation. What do you make of it?

    The Worms of Mars
     
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    Why bother with fossils, while there's living creatures on Mars ?

    Proof

    :D
     
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    [​IMG] Why are aliens always naked? Don't they feel drafts?
     
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    Look at that the conspiracy lives!
    Just kidding that is pretty interesting Sir Bel
    thanks for the link.I am at work now but will read it later.
     
    Dorion Blackstar, Mar 16, 2004
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    [​IMG] @Pac man: That is the biggest crock of a picture I have seen recently and that's saying a lot, it even topped this pic (which is a non-obscene cartoon dinosaur) or did it par with it?
    no matter. two other questions,
    1. How would they know that Americans are called "yanks"?
    2. Why would it be in english instead of 'alien'?

    @Sir Belisarius: Aliens aren't always naked but their notion of "clothing" would differ from ours, so to said aliens we might even be 'naked' because we don't have such and such or whatever. As for drafts, I don't think so but *IF* I see one in a draft, I'll be sure to ask if it can feel it or not. :rolleyes: :p Directly after that, however, I shall be committing myself to a mental asylum for hallucination treatment. :aaa: :jawdrop:

    *looks around suspiciously* :alien: *"AAAAHHH", flees into forest*

    [ April 02, 2004, 00:15: Message edited by: Amatorius ]
     
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    This is supposed to be an Alley of Dangerous Angles thread on the discovery of a fossil on Mars.

    The past few posts have been both off-topic, and rather silly such that they should be in Whatnots instead of in the Alley.

    [ April 01, 2004, 21:54: Message edited by: Beren ]
     
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