Mars Curiosity rover

[DrLeftover]

The newest Mars rover has returned good views of:

"Gale Crater is a stunning treasure trove of ancient, intelligently-made artifacts, currently in ruin," ...
(he says this site is )
"the destroyed, flooded, buried, and then eroded suburbs of an ancient urban complex,"

-Richard C. Hoagland as quoted on Coast to Coast AM

at
http://mars.nasa.gov/bp1/

More shots:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

 

[Evil Eye]

Looks like fairly normal rock to me.

At the very least they're good pictures of otherworldly rocks.

 

[DrLeftover]

You mean you didn't see:

"Gale Crater is a stunning treasure trove of ancient, intelligently-made artifacts, currently in ruin," and this is the reason the site was chosen, as part of a "safe disclosure" plan, Hoagland continued. Among the artifacts are objects that look like a shoe, an engine, and a cylinder, he detailed.

 

[Evil Eye]

No, can't say that I did. I saw plenty of tracks left by the rover, though.

 

[DrLeftover]

There was a wrecked school bus, and what was obviously a grain elevator, and that one bit of rock could only be a traffic island from the round about in front of the Lord Mayor's house, and there was an umbrella stand...

Of course, it helps to be on whatever medication Mr. Hoagland has been on for the last twenty five years.

To me, it looked like it is a lifeless desert and has been for the last four billion years, but he sees a conspiracy under those rocks.

 

[Evil Eye]

Gotta have a hobby, I suppose.

 

[DrLeftover]

If you get bored and would like a couple of hours of free entertainment.

Mr. Hoagland's flagship website is....




http://www.enterprisemission.com/

And NO, it is not a Star Trek fan site. Not at all.

 

[Evil Eye]

Oh dear... Oh, oh dear.
I'd expect him to be sued by Star Trek.

Smells like a scam.