first human voice from mars

[poppa smurf]

the mars rover has sent a recorded message from the surface of mars.....

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Tech...rs_789079.html

stuff to make the jaw drop......as the report states....hopefully there is a youngster out there somewhere who will follow in the footsteps of the galactic explorers and walk upon the surface of mars

put down the playstation kids.....heres a real world adventure in the offing

[GasoLane]

I wonder how long before the conspiracy theorists come out and say it was a hoax and done from a film studio in area 51

(that was for those of us who can remember the original Moon landing )

[cs123]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

I wonder how long before the conspiracy theorists come out and say it was a hoax and done from a film studio in area 51

(that was for those of us who can remember the original Moon landing )

Which reminds me of this, which was a great movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/

[bathurst77]

Looks like the Arizona desert to me
Im just saying is all

[SSD-85]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

I wonder how long before the conspiracy theorists come out and say it was a hoax and done from a film studio in area 51

(that was for those of us who can remember the original Moon landing )

Not as quickly as a random celebs Faceplant account will get a billion likes for posting what they had for breakfast this morning....

Or, not as quickly as the media will pump out a manipulated story on how the Falcon is dead, the moment FoA release a contrary statement...

Or.... (ok ok ill stop )

Still my hidden point is how little people care about landmark achievements such as this compared to back in the day of the moon landing. Its sad & degenerative really.

[Pis-ton broke]

why didn,t they go back to the moon?

i did like that show , space 1999, from many years ago

[poppa smurf]

you're right.....I thought this was a monstrous moment....I expected a lot of comments but it seemed to simply slip into the "ho- hum whatever man" category

I am absolutely blown away by this sort of stuff.....the process to get a vehicle into space is massive, to guide one to a distant planet, mind blowing

then to land a rover on a planet and beam a message back, to me, is unbelievable

I think when the moon has more monetary value we will return, mineral explorers will go anywhere if the price is right

just a matter of time

but I'm glad to see I'm not the only one impressed with this type of thing

[cs123]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

why didn,t they go back to the moon?

i did like that show , space 1999, from many years ago

What was there to be gained from it? It cost a lot of money to do.

I also loved that show.

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

why didn,t they go back to the moon?

Simple explanation.... We was warned off http://www.ufocasebook.com/moon.html

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

why didn,t they go back to the moon?

The movie Apollo 18 marks out why.........

[Pis-ton broke]

Originally Posted by Charliewool

Simple explanation.... We was warned off http://www.ufocasebook.com/moon.html

that was a lot of writing, whats the skinny on it?

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by Pis-ton broke

why didn,t they go back to the moon?

6 times wasn't enough?

[Rodp]

Now they've played a song.

http://www.todayonline.com/CultureAn...song-from-Mars

Meh. Pointless firsts unless someone's there to actually hear it.

[burnz]

Originally Posted by Charliewool

Simple explanation.... We was warned off http://www.ufocasebook.com/moon.html

so we are scared of people digging holes in the moon, but no fear of yelling at the martians? Hhrrmmm

[burnz]

Originally Posted by Conundrum

The movie Apollo 13 marks out why.........

fixed...

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Rodp

Now they've played a song.

http://www.todayonline.com/CultureAn...song-from-Mars

They should have played this one...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqvwxvCOSH4

and, yes I still have the original version

[burnz]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

They should have played this one...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqvwxvCOSH4

and, yes I still have the original version

i prefer the older versions.

movies that is..the war of the worlds, 1953 better than 2005.
same with the earth stood still.. 1951...2008.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

They should have played this one...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqvwxvCOSH4

and, yes I still have the original version

Absolutely agreed! Unfortunately we have to capture the inspiration of a next generation who worships the Kardashians. I'm officially old because I don't understand the current trend in music. What inspires the next generation to explore beyond Mars is key to our species survival. I hope we don't lose sight of that.

[12slotter]

http://www.aulis.com/saturn_v......i dont think we will ever know for sure if we were there or not .....just sayin' ......

[Kryton]

While sending back a message is a big achievement, in this day and age it kinda is a "meh big deal" moment.
Transmit a real message from a real person standing on Mars and people may take a bit more notice.

[2011G6E]

Not a lot more to be done from the moon, unless it's mining Helium 3 or something equally exotic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3), but it would be expensive.

Planets are far more interesting, especially one like Mars with an atmosphere and which once held large quantities of liquid water.

[DBourne]

The whole discovery mission thing blows me away. I'm stoked that they've landed a vehicle on mars and are sending pictures back. Personally I'd love to see more money go in to the space program, rather than being spent on America's "Defense"

edit: Then again, if they find oil on mars no doubt the budget will go up significantly

[MAD]

I'm blown away that Voyager is still relaying information.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Conundrum

The movie Apollo 18 marks out why.........

Originally Posted by burnz

fixed...

AAAANNNNNNNT WRONG!

Fixed...... Apollo 18

[ThaFlash]

lets hope that on mars they make the freeways wide enough, say 50 lanes each way all the way into the city???

[zdcol71]

Originally Posted by Kryton

While sending back a message is a big achievement, in this day and age it kinda is a "meh big deal" moment.
Transmit a real message from a real person standing on Mars and people may take a bit more notice.

wtf!!! "meh big deal"???

[mik]

Originally Posted by ThaFlash

lets hope that on mars they make the freeways wide enough, say 50 lanes each way all the way into the city???

before that happens they will have to eradicate the vicious creatures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p4xMQevkpI

[FPVGT500]

Meh Americans have Hollywood

[Moby Vic]

Originally Posted by Kryton

While sending back a message is a big achievement, in this day and age it kinda is a "meh big deal" moment.
Transmit a real message from a real person standing on Mars and people may take a bit more notice.

What if they sent the Tupac hologram to Mars?

[Moby Vic]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Not a lot more to be done from the moon, unless it's mining Helium 3 or something equally exotic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3), but it would be expensive.

Have you seen Moon?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/