Help me find a photograph from the seventies or eighties of a space-suit-clad person climbing a martian mountain.
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posted by Omon Ra
on Aug 19, 2012 -
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Curiosity is making me curious. What would it feel like to stand on the surface of Mars? Let's say, first of all, it's without a space suit -- what would kill me first? The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? The temperature? Then, if we found some way to breathe and function normally, what would it be like to be there? Would it be hot? Cold? Too windy to stand up? Paint a picture for me, if you can.
posted by fight or flight
on Aug 10, 2012 -
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Watched the landing, live, in Times Square! I was thrilled, awed and inspired. Some great posts here, and lots of data on the NASA site. But 1. I'd like someone to explain the science better; what are we likely to find out? and how can that benefit the world? 2. The implications of actually finding signs of life, at whatever level.
posted by ebesan
on Aug 9, 2012 -
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Where can I find technical information about MSL/Curiosity's telemetry (bandwidth, protocols, contents)?
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posted by themel
on Aug 5, 2012 -
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What major television network and/or webstream should I use to watch the Curiosity landing this weekend?
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posted by Brodiggitty
on Aug 3, 2012 -
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I'm looking for usable 3d meshes of Earth, Moon and Mars I know the data is out there for free, but the data I've found is ridiculous (4 terabyte high resolution files), hard to use (5 degree slices that would need to be assembled), in formats that only planetary geologists can use, or simply stuck in the labyrinth of poorly maintained and documented government web sites where I can't find it.
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posted by Ookseer
on May 8, 2011 -
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Martian Astronomer Filter--when Mars moves like
this in the sky from our point of view on Earth, how does the Earth appear to move from Mars' perspective?
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posted by JMB1138
on Feb 24, 2011 -
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I'm trying to remember a science-fiction (?) short story that I read about 10-15 years ago. Basically, a bunch of prominent citizens of Earth (including Miss Universe) are summoned to Mars to be harangued by a sarcastic alien who tells them they're all doomed.
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posted by Johnny Assay
on Nov 28, 2010 -
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Please help me find this short story about an almost abandoned Mars, an old man, and taunting from the phone system.
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posted by DrumsIntheDeep
on Nov 20, 2010 -
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Where can I purchase large maps or art prints of Mars, tomorrow, in New York City?
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posted by JMB1138
on Apr 14, 2010 -
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Why do (American) women tend to avoid casual eye contact with men as they walk by, enter an elevator, etc... I know there is the obvious issue of not wanting to appear “interested” or send a sexual signal...but does that explain everything?
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posted by punkfloyd
on Dec 16, 2009 -
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This is a shot in the dark. About 5 years ago I half watched an old movie on cable, and something recently reminded me of it and I can't at all remember the name.
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posted by token-ring
on Oct 11, 2009 -
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Can you help me locate a series of photos of an imagined trip to Mars (or maybe a return to the Moon?) done in papercraft, that was in one of my grade school textbooks around 1979?
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posted by chr1sb0y
on Sep 18, 2008 -
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Where can I find accurate info on the types of vehicles currently being considered for future human exploration of the Martian landscape? Though I have found details of potential manned ground vehicles for lunar use, I can't seem to locate any (realistic) material on proposed land vehicles for Mars. Any help? Thanks!
posted by jackypaper
on Jun 19, 2008 -
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Please help me find a poem/comic book story -- it takes place on Mars and ends with the line "Damnation, I've run out of air!"
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posted by breezeway
on Feb 19, 2008 -
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Where do I find the audio file of the radio communications from mission control of the Delta II rocket launch? Preferably in .wav format. Thanks in advance.
posted by mitzyjalapeno
on Jul 21, 2007 -
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Silly question, but what is the cell phone / PDA that Veronica Mars uses throughout the first two seasons?
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posted by GriffX
on Oct 15, 2006 -
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Given our current state of technology and the world's nuclear armaments, I ask the question that the world needs an answer to: Could we destroy Mars?
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posted by TwelveTwo
on Dec 24, 2005 -
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I'm looking for really any information on Mars and Mars colonization, but in particular two questions:
Would the sun rise in the east and set in the west?
and
What would the night sky look like? What would the prominant objects be?
posted by dagnyscott
on Feb 17, 2005 -
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Telescopes! All this mars stuff has got me wanting to look at the heavens, up-close like. Anyone have reccomendations for a good entry-level telescope? Is it realistic to expect a decent look at mars from a consumer-grade telescope?
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posted by Hackworth
on Jan 31, 2004 -
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With all the Mars Lander attempts going on, I keep wondering why these progams spend years to design and reach mars, but design landers that last only for 2 weeks (in the case of path finder in '97) and 3 mos for the new crop of 'bots.
With all the trouble and odds against landing them on Mars, would it be that tough to design them to last a whole lot longer?
(Didn't Viking 1 + 2 work for a few years?)
posted by Fupped Duck
on Jan 3, 2004 -
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