How can we still not have Answers for Ceres Lights?

Seriously. We been in Orbit awhile now and Nasa still wont try and explain those bright spots? There must be a cover up. Either they are hiding something or we sent and inadequate probe way on in deep space. Why would we not have instruments on Dawn to help us determine what those spots could be?

We knew for instance there could be water out there, yet...silence.

I saw dead silence coming in regards to this. But give them some time, I'm sure they will come up with something that will make the people happy, they always do.

maybe because their operating budget was slashed to almost nothing they probably dont have enough 'workers' to get more analysis and pics to us more promptly

originally posted by: blacktie
maybe because their operating budget was slashed to almost nothing they probably dont have enough 'workers' to get more analysis and pics to us more promptly

Or maybe its an Alien City and they are hiding it.

a reply to: Xeven

NASA = Never A Straight Answer

Or...they just don't know yet. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

originally posted by: In4ormant
Or...they just don't know yet. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

My speculation on the reason we have no Information on Ceres Lights is more fun than yours.

originally posted by: Xeven

originally posted by: In4ormant
Or...they just don't know yet. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

My speculation on the reason we have no Information on Ceres Lights is more fun than yours.

No doubt about it. You could make it a short story and I would read it!

Actually, NASA has essentially ruled out the possibility that the bright spots in Occator crater are made of ice. Very recently they reported that Dawn's spectrograph had not detected evidence of water ice, and it should have been able to, if water were present.
Salts now seem to be the new favorite, and they are looking for evidence to support this. If they don't find the evidence, they will move on to something else. By the careful process of elimination, they will eventually have a good, scientifically supported explanation for the bright spots.
Dawn will enter its new orbit, three times closer than the old one, and will begin to take new, much better images, and scientific readings, in just five days. There's a good chance that we will soon know more about Ceres than we currently do.
Dawn moves very slowly, due to its ion propulsion system. It takes weeks to move from one orbit to another. Besides that, there was a two week hiatus, in which Dawn didn't move any closer to Ceres. This was caused by a malfunction that has now been corrected.

a reply to: In4ormant

Here is my crappy short story you could read, don't say I didn't warn you, its bad.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

originally posted by: Ross 54
Actually, NASA has essentially ruled out the possibility that the bright spots in Occator crater are made of ice. Very recently they reported that Dawn's spectrograph had not detected evidence of water ice, and it should have been able to, if water were present.
Salts now seem to be the new favorite, and they are looking for evidence to support this. If they don't find the evidence, they will move on to something else. By the careful process of elimination, they will eventually have a good, scientifically supported explanation for the bright spots.
Dawn will enter its new orbit, three times closer than the old one, and will begin to take new, much better images, and scientific readings, in just five days. There's a good chance that we will soon know more about Ceres than we currently do.
Dawn moves very slowly, due to its ion propulsion system. It takes weeks to move from one orbit to another. Besides that, there was a two week hiatus, in which Dawn didn't move any closer to Ceres. This was caused by a malfunction that has now been corrected.

I hope it's a massive colony of luminous bacteria. That would be phenomenal.

a reply to: Xeven

The TRUTH may be too much for some to handle...
Acknowledged

originally posted by: bananashooter
a reply to: In4ormant

Here is my crappy short story you could read, don't say I didn't warn you, its bad.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

It needed a little more character development but not bad for a draft.

They might have the data already, but reserving it for study. This is a normal practice in science community, as it gives the mission participants a fair chance to make discoveries first and release official statements/articles/science papers. It's better to be thorough and methodical, than release half-baked "news" which them might turn out to be inaccurate.

Seriously though, salt? How could salt be so reflective? We've all seen the images, I think salt pans is bull# personally. But hey, 20 years ago I thought Cydonia had ruins.

We still don't have a yes, no, or maybe about the Cuban Underwater Pyramids. Can't imagine some sort of significant information being brushed under the carpet elsewhere...

www.abovetopsecret.com...

originally posted by: Ross 54
Actually, NASA has essentially ruled out the possibility that the bright spots in Occator crater are made of ice. Very recently they reported that Dawn's spectrograph had not detected evidence of water ice, and it should have been able to, if water were present.
Salts now seem to be the new favorite, and they are looking for evidence to support this. If they don't find the evidence, they will move on to something else. By the careful process of elimination, they will eventually have a good, scientifically supported explanation for the bright spots.
Dawn will enter its new orbit, three times closer than the old one, and will begin to take new, much better images, and scientific readings, in just five days. There's a good chance that we will soon know more about Ceres than we currently do.
Dawn moves very slowly, due to its ion propulsion system. It takes weeks to move from one orbit to another. Besides that, there was a two week hiatus, in which Dawn didn't move any closer to Ceres. This was caused by a malfunction that has now been corrected.

I guess if you want to go out on a limb like that, sure. I think Aliens are more probable. Ship broke down and they had to build a dome to survive. Dome is what is reflecting the lights. They been there a few thousand years now so they have had time to create smaller additional domes.

Maybe it's an alien symbol like in Ernest Cline's book "Armada" -- and NASA is studying it, trying to decide if we should take it as a sign of hostility?

Sorry, I just finished the book "Armada". Humans in the 1970's find a huge swastika on Europa with the Voyager space probe, but NASA covers it up.

The irony here is killing me.

Nasa puts something out and it's quickly jumped on here as:

BS, lies, hoax, no straight answer, disinformation.

Nasa doesn't put something out or is quiet about something and:

It's a cover up! They're hiding something! Aliens! They don't want us to know!

The waffling is making me think I'm in a pancake house.......

Nobody said "Simon Says" before the request.