Here's some GREAT new pictures of Mars. Click here to see (and read a little also).


After reading that article, I decided to write an open comment to any NASA scientists who might find this blog post.

Open Comment To NASA or Science Geeks:

Hello, I am someone you don't know. But I am a space geek, I am excited about the potential for humans on Mars.

But I don't want to wait 10 years for NASA to return a rock. That rock would literally and figuratively act as a stepping stone to waiting another 10 years for an astronaut to finally step on Mars. Please don't tell me the Chinese, or the Japanese or - GASP - the Russians are going to just sit there and watch THAT happen. What do the people think? It might not be too large a stretch to suggest people's interest in space is peaking yet again. Pseudoscience and economically tough times have harmonious connectivity. This is a suggestion on how to raise the morale of a civilization.

Enough of this slow sell NASA. Stop naming holes you dig lame Disney characters. Get the science right so we can get humans to Mars. Give us information we don't know, that we'd find interesting without having a PHD. I mean that in the sense that the people will play to the level of what they are given, I promise.

And NASA, if you are reading, I think a growing number of people are growing up in their poor scientific ways. You will see this trend, or even renaissance especially when political turbulence subsides. Stop coddling people and stop underestimating the people's imagination. The possibilities are endless. Screw your Phoenix junkyard mess lander. You guys treated this one like Chewbacca fixing the Millennium Falcon's hyper-drive. I believe Sanford and Son would have built a better "lander".

I'm not trusted media, I am just a citizen who likes blogging. I realize I'm not backing up my emotions with enough hows n whys, I'm just wondering when you are going to step up to show you are deserving of your title as elite scientists. No question you are. In fact it is my honest emotion to want to trust and believe you (in conjunction with the government of the U.S.) hold information that would only boost the human condition. In a world when open source software has built community, I propose the same would happen if more advanced scientific findings by organizations like NASA challenged the people's imaginations by providing more resources and more detailed information on findings space missions. Another great source of information would be findings from the Space Station, but that is a stand-alone issue for another day. Kids suck really bad at science because not enough interesting things are being presented by the science world to the kids in classrooms. Hey, there's another idea, I'm full of them tonight.

Thanks for reading,
MPU

P.S. - What ever happened to a moon return?

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jsm Wednesday, July 16, 2008  No comment