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"Jelly Donut" Rock on Mars

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BUTCH1

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http://www.universetoday.com/108733/some-ideas-on-where-the-jelly-donut-rock-on-mars-came-from-and-no-its-not-a-mushroom/

Interesting, I hope that NASA is forced to investigate it further..
 
BUTCH1 said:
Yea, filing a lawsuit is kinda over the top, I think that dude just want's to make a name for himself more than anything else. In the meantime NASA should spend some time taking multiple pictures of this very unusual rock, why not?, the rover is nuclear-powered and will last for years so there's no reason why they shouldn't investigate it further..
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They should charge him a percentage of the costs of the mission if he wants that much control.
 
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If you look closely at the lower left of the donut you can see a curved line, it's the same spot ( I think anyway)..
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i think it's the angle of the 2nd shot. it throws it off slightly. but the more i look at it the more i think it is the same spot.

NASA says it was just kicked up by the rover? that makes sense i guess.
 
Good god...10 years on the surface. That's news all its own.

One hell of a good run there, and still going. :thumbsup:




BUTCH1 said:
Yea, filing a lawsuit is kinda over the top, I think that dude just want's to make a name for himself more than anything else. In the meantime NASA should spend some time taking multiple pictures of this very unusual rock, why not?, the rover is nuclear-powered and will last for years so there's no reason why they shouldn't investigate it further..
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This is Opportunity, one of the two solar-powered Mars Exploration Rovers.

And the best part about the lawsuit is that they already did investigate it, both with the microscope and at least one spectrometer. It shows up in the Microscopic Imager photos starting at Sol 3541.
 
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Doesn't look remotely like a jelly doughnut to me. Maybe an English muffin with a bit of mold on one of the corners, but certainly not a jelly doughnut.
 
i must be really stupid because i dont understand at all what the commotion is.
there is now a rock where there wasn't one before.
on mars.
which has lower gravity than earth, and 200mph winds.
totally no way a rock could have moved on its own, say, by falling.
or by a chemical explosion in the ground.
or an earthquake. or eruption.
or even green men putting it there on purpose.
 
DigDog said:
i must be really stupid because i dont understand at all what the commotion is.
there is now a rock where there wasn't one before.
on mars.
which has lower gravity than earth, and 200mph winds.
totally no way a rock could have moved on its own, say, by falling.
or by a chemical explosion in the ground.
or an earthquake. or eruption.
or even green men putting it there on purpose.
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The explanation seems sound from the nasa investigator.
That it is the under surface of a rock that is flipped over while the rover was turning.
 
The Canadian Space Agency has already put their best men on it. They are on site and ready to report their findings...

It's a jelly.

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Jeff7 said:
Good god...10 years on the surface. That's news all its own.

One hell of a good run there, and still going. :thumbsup:




This is Opportunity, one of the two solar-powered Mars Exploration Rovers.

And the best part about the lawsuit is that they already did investigate it, both with the microscope and at least one spectrometer. It shows up in the Microscopic Imager photos starting at Sol 3541.
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OK, thanks for correcting me, I thought it was the newer rover that just recently landed. yea, their original mission was 90 days so 10 years is simply amazing, specially considering these have only solar panels for power, endure huge temperature swings every day/night cycle, ect. It appears that since the rock was accidentally flipped over by the rover's wheel they have a unique chance to study a rock that has avoided the harsh Martian environment for perhaps billions of years..
 
BUTCH1 said:
OK, thanks for correcting me, I thought it was the newer rover that just recently landed. yea, their original mission was 90 days so 10 years is simply amazing, specially considering these have only solar panels for power, endure huge temperature swings every day/night cycle, ect. It appears that since the rock was accidentally flipped over by the rover's wheel they have a unique chance to study a rock that has avoided the harsh Martian environment for perhaps billions of years..
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Similar to what Spirit did when it was forced to drag a frozen wheel behind it:
One stretch of turned-up soil, B&W.

Lots more, in approximate true-color.

That sandy soil may not have been in place for as long as the rock, but it was sure a nice surprise.
I think Opportunity was instructed to use that same technique a few times to dig a small trench or two.
 
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