NASA's announcement....

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**Albatross**

Melissia wrote:Most of my "jokes" are too sadistic for this forum.

I love 'tough' women, it makes their pain and fear that much more enjoyable.

@reds8n - Perhaps they found out that Titan is made of arsenic. As I have no current plans to eat ANY of Saturn's moons, this will not be problematic for me.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

There are a few bodies I can think of that I would like to govern.

If it is bibby bacteria or simple life that will be stupendous news.

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Definition of arsenic= being goosed.

**SilverMK2**

Perhaps they found that titan has a giant fortress monastery covering its entire surface?

**whatwhat**

According to a journalist who has seen the subject matter they haven't found extraterrestrial life.

This conference is more likely to be about some new technology or method of searching for it

**whatwhat**

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/01/rumor-roundup-nasa-discovered-alien-life/#comments-section

[geek mode]fox news thinks titan is a martian moon.

lol [/geek mode]

**Medium of Death**

Fox News wrote:announcement will tie into the quest for life on the Martian moon Titan.

The sad thing is somebody gets paid to write that.

Diameter of Titan is 5150km, diameter of Mars 6800km. Would it even be possible for a planet to have a moon almost as big as itself?

(I'm thinking no, unless it comes down to density)

**KingCracker**

Medium of Death wrote:
Fox News wrote:announcement will tie into the quest for life on the Martian moon Titan.

The sad thing is somebody gets paid to write that.

Diameter of Titan is 5150km, diameter of Mars 6800km. Would it even be possible for a planet to have a moon almost as big as itself?

(I'm thinking no, unless it comes down to density)

Uhm yea! Mercury has the SUN for its moon.

There, I just proved I should work for Foxnews. Im expecting all of you to give a good reference on my part

**Albatross**

The Sci-tech section on the BBC is reporting that Saturn's moon Rhea has a thin oxygen atmosphere...

**Manchu**

whatwhat wrote:[geek mode]fox news thinks titan is a martian moon. lol [/geek mode]

I love it when more evidence for opinions I already hold comes to light.

**Albatross**

It's pretty shocking really. As if Fox's credibility wasn't already shot to pieces. I mean how can fact-checking be THAT bad?

How is that possible?

**KingCracker**

Albatross wrote:The Sci-tech section on the BBC is reporting that Saturn's moon Rhea has a thin oxygen atmosphere...

Yea I read that on the NASA website. Planetary sciences are pretty damn fascinating. Just think, a short time ago, say when we were all teens, all this stuff we've learned in the last 3 years would of been laughed at as science fiction

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Completely missed that yesterday.
I thought it was someone making a joke that a Titan had been found on one of Mars's moons

Oxygen depletion is addling the brain.

Interesting news, thanks for the update.

**Medium of Death**

KingCracker wrote:
Albatross wrote:The Sci-tech section on the BBC is reporting that Saturn's moon Rhea has a thin oxygen atmosphere...

Yea I read that on the NASA website. Planetary sciences are pretty damn fascinating. Just think, a short time ago, say when we were all teens, all this stuff we've learned in the last 3 years would of been laughed at as science fiction

Example: Pluto is not a Planet

Why Pluto! Why!

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

ps not sure if this will be tomorrow's NASA statement as it has been published earlier this week

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Example: Pluto is not a Planet

Why Pluto! Why!

Because it is so inadequate as bodies go in the Solar System
It's pretty much a Mickey Mouse effort.

**Medium of Death**

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:ps not sure if this will be tomorrow's NASA statement as it has been published earlier this week

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Example: Pluto is not a Planet

Why Pluto! Why!

Because it is so inadequate as bodies go in the Solar System
It's pretty much a Mickey Mouse effort.

Don't worry my sweet, he doesn't mean it.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

lol
Beautiful image!

**kronk**

New Horizons will reach Pluto in 5 more years. I'm hoping for some sweet pictures of this system.

**ShumaGorath**

Yeah, that was a pretty big announcement.

**Monster Rain**

What in the hell was the announcement?

**Ma55ter_fett**

The moon really isn't made of cheese after all

**Mannahnin**

olympia wrote:What has piqued my curiosity is that S.R. Hadden will be at the press conference.

Well played, sir.

**kronk**

We won't know for another hour.

The news conference on the discovery is set for 2 p.m. ET at NASA headquarters in Washington, the agency said in a statement.

Link.

**Monster Rain**

I don't know why I'm excited.

"We've discovered a bacteria that lives in something something wide implications something something please give us our funding back yadda yadda yadda."

**kronk**

Because speculating is fun!

Evidence, whether direct or inferred from data, of life on one of our solar system's moon would kick ass.

Also, what about that space probe that flew through a comet's tail and landed on earth? They've had that thing for study for a few years, now. Right?

I'm 100% positive that this might be the anouncement. Maybe.

**frgsinwntr**

BBCNEWs for the win...\

one hour early

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11886943

Basically they found bacteria that use cyanide as opposed to phosphorous as a part of its chemical structure.

**Monster Rain**

Thank you for that, Kronk.

I care again!

**Manchu**

So NASA was announcing something already publsihed in Science magazine?

**kronk**

frgsinwntr wrote:BBCNEWs for the win...\

one hour early

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11886943

That's just a news article. NASA announcements have people at podiums or behind a desk or other panel.

Where is my freaking NASA panel?

**Monster Rain**

Manchu wrote:So NASA was announcing something already publsihed in Science magazine?

The plebs don't follow that sort of thing.

"Book-readin's fer queers."

**frgsinwntr**

Manchu wrote:So NASA was announcing something already publsihed in Science magazine?

this was already announced??

hmm well oddly enough I assumed when i read it... it was what they would talk about. Let's wait and see