Mars Curiosity Rover Due To Land

[putteesinmyhands]

There are precious metals, ores etc in planets, satellites, asteroid belts etc "near" us & whether it's decades or centuries from now we will be mining them to fuel further expansion & exploration.

...unless, of course, mankind depletes the mineral reserves and contaminates the Earth in the process.

...or one of these asteroids gets a bit too close...

...or the inhabitants of one of the planets take umbrage at the earthlings stealing their resources, raping their women and leaving junk all over the place...

[Glasgow_Jock]

...unless, of course, mankind depletes the mineral reserves and contaminates the Earth in the process.

...or one of these asteroids gets a bit too close...

...or the inhabitants of one of the planets take umbrage at the earthlings stealing their resources, raping their women and leaving junk all over the place...

Given a long enough time line, anything is possible & eventually probable.

[Yank_Lurker]

Pah! One of my goose egg farts is probably as productive as Titans methane seas - easier to get at too.

And oil shale was not too long ago viewed the same way. Eventually we will deplete Earth's resources. We either expand, or we are a dead end as a species. Space exploration and exploitation offers vast resources, enough to ensure plenty for all humanity. Columbus went to the New World using ships and technologies designed for the Mediterranean. Once the riches of the Western Hemisphere were discovered, and people wanted more efficient and reliable means to get at them, the technologies were developed to do so.

The below ship is a hand-made replica of the Nina, one of Columbus' caravels. She was so small no one slept below decks the entire voyage, and her replica draws so little water that she and her sister the Pinta made it up the Mississippi past St. Louis, where I took this pic.

[CutLunchCommando]

MARS Greeley Haven 360 Panorama

Cool pictures from the lander

Definitely cool but also definitely the wrong rover.

[putteesinmyhands]

Auntie has some new stuff: BBC News - Nasa's Curiosity rover lifts its navigation cameras

Evidently it'll be another (martian) day before the proper cameras are deployed.

[Croque_Monsieur]

Auntie has some new stuff: BBC News - Nasa's Curiosity rover lifts its navigation cameras

Evidently it'll be another (martian) day before the proper cameras are deployed.

I'll bet all the conspiracy geeks are frantically trying to match the mountain range with one on earth

[putteesinmyhands]

You're another cynic. I was looking for footprints...

[Buzz]

It's nice of NASA to recce a location for future prisons and labour camps for the multi nationals to stick poor people in.

[Drlligaf]

I'll bet all the conspiracy geeks are frantically trying to match the mountain range with one on earth

No chance, it was shot on the moon.

[CutLunchCommando]

Not quite as shiny as the other panorama but....

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/6...16029_full.jpg