dot.dk
Dec 16 2004, 09:54 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The conclusive discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and possibly could have harbored life was chosen by the editors of the journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004.
http://www.space.com/news/science_top10_041216.htmlDeserved
djellison
Dec 16 2004, 11:35 PM
Damn right.
I almost feel like just giving the USA some money as a way of saying thankyou
I feel guilty enjoying all this astonishing stuff - without having contributed
Doug
tedstryk
Dec 17 2004, 12:02 AM
Don’t worry about it. Just think of it as something paid for by our bourgeoning budged deficit.
TheChemist
Dec 17 2004, 12:05 AM
You feel guilty, Doug ?
We get for free both the missions, and
your amazing imaging work.
djellison
Dec 17 2004, 12:13 AM
TECHnically - I paid for MEX - and thus, in some small way, paid for relay of a TINY ammount of MER data.
Doug
BruceMoomaw
Dec 18 2004, 02:29 AM
You needen't feel guilty, Douglas -- despite that rating by "Science" (and the Beagle fiasco), arguably the single most important Mars discovery this year was actually the detection of methane by Mars Express. (To say nothing of what MARSIS will reveal when they get it working, which I think it highly probable they will.) If you really want to pay your dues, just promise to arrange the assassination of Colin Pillinger if he shows any sign of actually persuading the ESA to back another one of his ideas...
djellison
Dec 18 2004, 10:31 AM
Its a work-in-progress . We're thinking of exploding beard-trimmers
Doug