Yeah, I just thought he looked funny for Elvis (plus the image looked too crisp to be from before 77).
But more important, Elvis is in East Texas, fighting Mummies with JFK, not on Mars (though that’s certainly a good theory!).
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Whatever they found…
ETA: gifcat sucks, and the latest update of Gboard doesn’t allow to go to the sites for embedding any more .
Do I really need to DL and re-upload GIFs? This feels nineties.
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Perhaps surface water ice has been discovered (other than what’s at Mars’ poles)?
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In humanity’s case, the discovery of Prothean ruins on Mars, which were home to a small data cache, introduced humans to element zero and eventually revealed the location of the Charon Relay.
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Organic compounds.
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It fell into a canal?
Interesting and quite indicative, but not yet determinative?
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Farts. They found farts!
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“I’m Commander Shepherd and this is my favourite comment on this thread.”
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“Expressing a newly discovered sense of purpose, the Curiosity rover announces it has finally found itself.”
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To identify organic material in the Martian soil, Curiosity drilled into sedimentary rocks known as mudstone from four areas in Gale Crater. This mudstone gradually formed billions of years ago from silt that accumulated at the bottom of the ancient lake. The rock samples were analyzed by SAM, which uses an oven to heat the samples (in excess of 900 degrees Fahrenheit, or 500 degrees Celsius) to release organic molecules from the powdered rock.
If they baked the samples, wouldn’t that break down the organic molecules? i.e. They know that there were hydrocarbons present in the rock, but do they have any idea of how complex they were, pre-bake?
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Also, Mars is getting hammered on Saturday night.
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