Flying elephants are not that impossible as one might think..



ok..now i believe in fossilized spines on mars

I expect one day we find microbiological life on Mars...but fossilized spines of large reptiles..come on..get a real hobby

Why no CAVE expeditions with special cave rovers... 1 wonders. Where would )( retreat.. If you had too?

On a related topic, it's worrisome that the Rover's main computer glitched out, and the backup is in place as they try to fix it. It sounds serious even though JPL and Nasa are hinting it's fixable. Fingers and toes crossed (over each other!)

Originally posted by ArMaP

The following is my opinion as a member participating in this discussion.

Originally posted by Ophiuchus 13
Why no CAVE expeditions with special cave rovers...

First, they have to find caves, I don't remember seeing anything that really looked like a cave entrance.


Yes ArMap, no Caves have been shared located but we both know they are on MARS surfaces, either as raised entrances into the bases of some mountain or hill Crater wall or Hole type openings

Then, if the rover was inside a cave, how would it send any photos and other data back to Earth?
Communications would be more difficult.


The rover would have mini rovers that could access entrances/holes then the mini rovers would send out a Doppler radar sonar signal/wave in some form could even be a audio wave to make image once inside cave or hole. Listen devices would tell some things also like if you placed a listening monitor inside an EA*RTH cave full of bats ect. The main rover sits outside entrance gathers intel sends back here..


Third, the rover would need some capability for seeing in the dark (and no, infrared wouldn't be enough) to avoid, for example, falling in a pit. Headlights would solve the problem but would use too much energy.


see above post

I don't see any possibility of an automated cave expedition in the near future, manned missions are probably easier and less risky.

As an ATS Staff Member, I will not moderate in threads such as this where I have participated as a member.

I think its possible ArMap, its just if done the information may be too severe to release. Can you imagine if PAINTINGS WERE FOUND INSIDE not to mention artifacts that would appear to be not natural formed. It seems the only thing stopping these expeditions if not already in play would be capital. 1 feels the entire planet should be assessed before manned missions, like a planetary drone scan and when complete the drones return back to cosmic base as to not pollute the surface. Only time shall tell my friend but yes there ARE CAVES and HOLE entrances. Again if EA*RTH had to duck-hide many not cosmic bound would dig into its surface in these DUMBS, now imagine an EA*RTH expedition and no one was here for some reason and the dumbs were found can you see the information that would share if accessed and preserved..


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Originally posted by Chamberf=6

Um...how do you propose to do that?

Do you have a spaceship?

Your own rover capable of that?

clearly not Chamberf=6

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