Originally posted by rachel07
It is certainly a waste of resources to get something so tiny onto Mars. I mean tiny in comparison to when it lifted off. The debris is left behind
in space.
And on Mars the Moon and various other bodies in the solar system. Some of those spaceship carry 50 to 80 lbs of plutonium as fuel... so not only are
we poluting, but contaminating as well..
Just imagine if their ARE some microbes around on Mars etc... I wonder what kind of mutations we will create by smashing a;most a 100 lbs of plutonium
on them...
Space debris is already a major hazard in local space... don't forget that that stuff is moving at 17,000 plus miles per hour just waiting to punch
holes in unsuspecting space craft.
As to waste of resources, thats what the government excels at....
the CASE FOR THE $435 HAMMER
"You want how much for a beer?!' asks the patron of a bar in the cartoon strip "Motley's Crew.'
"Four bucks,' the bartender replies.
Says the patron: "That must be the same outfit that sells hammers to the Pentagon.'
Claw hammers, to be exact. The kind you buyat your local hardware store for between $7 and $10; billed to the Pentagon for $435 a piece. In the three
years since the story broke, the $435 hammer has become synonymous with waste in the Department of Defense (DOD). From Beetle Bailey to Walter
Mondale, everyone has expressed outrage at this apparent swindle. The hammer contract has been investigated by Congress, discussed during the 1984
presidential debates, and used as Exhibit A by politicians, journalists, and businessmen in their recent calls for military reform.
Hey is ONLY tax payers money
I have always said that there is life on Mars and that it is living underground, not above ground like we do here and that the water is subterranean
water and an intelligence could be making use of the resources underground rather than above ground due to the extreme temperatures.
Good thing for us they can't mount an invasion and toss our trash back at us...
Now here is some other really scary news... We all assume that we take great care on making sure spaceships are sterile... well errr no actually ...
we don't... besides if humans are on board there is no way to sterilize a spaceship without killing the occupants... and humans are infested with all
kinds of vermin and bacteria, even the most healthiest amongst us...
Here is that scary report.... from NASA... so just how many "bugs" have hitched a ride to the Moon and Mars in all those space junk we leave
behind?
Fungus Growth...
Mold on the walls of some old locker room on Earth? Nope this beautiful picture is on the International Space Station, on the wall where they hang
their exercise outfits to dry..
Fungi on the ISS, growing on a panel where exercise clothes were hung to dry. "This is a good example of how biological contamination isn't an old
problem or just specific to Mir," points out Mark Ott. [Larger image]
Aside from being unattractive or an issue for human health, microorganisms can attack the structure of a spacecraft itself. "Microorganisms can
degrade carbon steel and even stainless steel,” Steele continued. "In corners where two different materials meet, they can set up a galvanic
[electrical] circuit and cause corrosion. They can produce acids that pit metal, etch glass, and make rubber brittle. They can also foul air and water
filters."...
This dust mite was found floating in a globule of water onboard Mir. Other microorganisms collected include protozoa and amoeba. [More]
Moreover, the mass of water was only one of several hiding behind different panels. Scientists later concluded that the water had condensed from
humidity that accumulated over time as water droplets coalesced in microgravity. The pattern of air currents in Mir carried air moisture
preferentially behind the panel, where it could not readily escape or evaporate.
Nor was the water clean: two samples were brownish and a third was cloudy white. Behind the panels the temperature was toasty warm—82ºF
(28ºC)—just right for growing all kinds of microbeasties. Indeed, samples extracted from the globules by syringes and returned to Earth for
analysis contained several dozen species of bacteria and fungi, plus some protozoa, dust mites, and possibly spirochetes.
But wait, there's more. Aboard Mir, colonies of organisms were also found growing on "the rubber gaskets around windows, on the components of space
suits, cable insulations and tubing, on the insulation of copper wires, and on communications devices," said Andrew Steele, senior staff scientist at
the Carnegie Institution of Washington working with other investigators at Marshall Space Flight Center....
SOURCE
Also even scarier...it seems Astronauts are all infected with a nanobacteria
of unknown origin...
NASA researchers announce a potential cause of rapid kidney stone formation in astronauts on space travels. The authors of a study published in
Kidney International call for a "Major Initiative" to investigate nanobacteria.
Nanobacteria (NB), a novel self-replicating, mineralizing agent, has been identified by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
scientists as a potential culprit in kidney stone formation among astronauts. With the potential for future exploratory space missions to the moon and
Mars, longer missions, and exposure to the elements of outer space, health is a major concern for astronauts.
SOURCE
[edit on 13-5-2007 by zorgon]
[edit on 13-5-2007 by zorgon]
Hey Ron, why the devil can't you use your influence to pull this
off? 
), when they were on the surface of the Moon or after they took off from the Moon? 
