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There's been a lot of speculation about the secret briefing that NASA gave the President on July 31 about recent findings from the Phoenix Rover. Some of the presentation is tongue-in-cheek (it's Rocketboom), but everything she mentions is accurately referenced (see below).
Water Ice on Mars Confirmed http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080731-phoenix-update.html by the Phoenix Mars Lander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft) White House Briefed About Life on Mars http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/life-mars-white-house-briefed Slashdot comments on the White House being briefed about life on Mars http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/08/02/133259.shtml Montauk Monster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster What's the Big Secret About Life on Mars? http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/02/the-white-house-is-briefed-phoenix-about-to-announce-potential-for-life-on-mars/ Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) http://instrumentsystems.jpl.nasa.gov/insitu/meca/index.cfm Can MECA Detect Life on Mars or Not? http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/WH08018.xml&headline=White%20House%20Briefed%20On%20Potential%20For%20Mars%20Life
Water Ice on Mars Confirmed http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080731-phoenix-update.html by the Phoenix Mars Lander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft) White House Briefed About Life on Mars http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/life-mars-white-house-briefed Slashdot comments on the White House being briefed about life on Mars http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/08/02/133259.shtml Montauk Monster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster What's the Big Secret About Life on Mars? http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/02/the-white-house-is-briefed-phoenix-about-to-announce-potential-for-life-on-mars/ Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) http://instrumentsystems.jpl.nasa.gov/insitu/meca/index.cfm Can MECA Detect Life on Mars or Not? http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/WH08018.xml&headline=White%20House%20Briefed%20On%20Potential%20For%20Mars%20Life
Send Daniel Day Lewis to Mars, I hear he's an oil man.
I know what they found: oil.
i wouldn't be surprised, i'm suspicious about why they spend so much money on these missions. seems likely those in power are just attempting to gain more power.
It would mean mars once harbored vast plant-life, which doesn't exist without bugs, bacteria, viri, and other, larger animals to keep the eco-system in check.
Id be VERY surprised if they found oil.