I Found A Smoking Gun On Mars!!!!!!

As I stated earlier they look like the same pic BUT THEY'RE NOT. It's not on my end, I merely made an observation and am sharing with people. If you think I photoshopped these I don't care. I provide links to the websites and that's all I can do.

Thank god, I was terrified I'd see 3 pages of people rambling without noticing this obvious point

As far as the picture, the grooves look like they've been made by the Robot arm of the lander taking soil samples. As far as whatever is on the ground. Its part of the mission. Its even present in this mock-up of the lander:

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Would be interesting to know what purpose it served?

Robot arm in action, with object present again, in display on earth.

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I tried......

No i believe your the first to point this out lol. Isn't that obvious.

I KNOW THEY ARE NOT THE SAME PIC. That's only what I pointed out on my previous reply. And I never stated that YOU in general fondled with the pic n' I could really care less. I was just givin' my two cents nothing more.

He he, I know. I was just being light-hearted. I don't think any of you are paranoid freaks at all!

I'm not sure what 4 billion dollars in the 70's is equivalent to today, but boy were the mars missions expensive back then.

Still, at least they got there. I fear for the second lander. The odds are against it.



[Edited on 13-1-2004 by Zzub]

now i am really really confused...

OKay the grooves in the ground are from the Viking Digging right??

So what is the silver can thingy that is in the pictures? If it is part of the Viking? what purpose does it serve?

It's part of the soil pick up system. I can't find any exact details on it, but I've seen it before.

Interestingly, one of the landers from the 70's mission carried on working for 6.5 years and carried on sending back data and pictures.

Not saying its this thing, but it looks mighty similar. Its a camera that watches the atmosphere, so maybe its a camera in that picture. I'm sure its a part of the mission equipment, and not alien. Here's a link.
www.umich.edu...


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[Edited on 13-1-2004 by MrDead]

Howdy folks... the metal cylinder is the shroud for the surface sampler instrument, which was ejected after landing.

See here...

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov...



[Edited on 13-1-2004 by Yoda]

THANK YOU FOR UNCONFUSING ME ON THIS ONE, GREAT YODA. YOUR LINK HAS BEEN MOST INSIGHTFUL TO ME.

Hm..doesn't look like much, because that would have obviously been found by NASA officials, and covered up. Probably a piece from the Spirit probe, or maybe a piece from the Beagle 2

-wD

No problem worldwatcher...

those indentations are from where a rover scooped up the soil.

Well, in space is it not true that gravity has nearly no effect? Wouldnt that make the craft nearly weightless? Isnt space nearly friction free? Didnt Newton say "An object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force."? If that is true, then with no friction, what would oppose the initial thrust of say, a couple little booster rockets? All you would have to do is speed it up, and it would stay at the same speed. So, a fairly small amount of fuel would be needed to get a weightless craft up to speed, and no fuel would be needed to sustain that speed. So, to answer your question, not much.

Lol, webDevil, I think you need to read the rest of the thread!

How could they possibly say it is the staff of Ra......it looks more like the gingerbread man.

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wow, they're multiplying at an incredible rate!!!! stop them before they take control of the planet!!!