Comments on: Mars has ice, chunks of it

By: arvind

arvind — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:12:08 +0000

lol.. may be martians would leave astronouts and aduct the diet cokes instead

By: lekhni

lekhni — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:55:18 +0000

Shefaly: I am all in favor of Russian oligarchs taking one-way flights, but I don’t want them to have colonized Mars before the rest of us!
On materials, we should take along some Intuits and get them to build igloos

chennairamblings: Chips too, of course, what was I thinking ? The next Mars Lander should install a vending machine there!

Vasudha: Diet Coke with Martian rocks

Aniche: Much as I like Al Gore making global warming a household worry, I also suspect that he is probably the biggest individual contributor to global warming

By: Aniche

Aniche — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:07:04 +0000

it was the ice which Al Gore stole from Earth to make everyone believe Global Warming is real. it’s true i tell ya!

By: Vasudha

Vasudha — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:30:14 +0000

LOL, yeah. Diet Coke on the rocks, slick.

By: chennairamblings

chennairamblings — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:39:20 +0000

I completely understand what the NASA scientists are feeling
How can good research be conducted without chips and iced coke, I ask you?
And the diet coke atleast balances out the chips (or so, they tell us)
No more Mars until Coca Cola starts a vending machine there!

By: Shefaly

Shefaly — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:38:11 +0000

Lekhni: If one sets up an ice hotel like the one in Sweden (or in that Bond film), more – not less – materials will be used. Reindeer skins galore. Unless all Russian oligarchs take a one-way space flight, with their woolly hats and jackets.

By: lekhni

lekhni — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:56:35 +0000

maxdavinci: That’s a great idea. Save on materials and whatnot

Candadai Tirumalai: I am not sure even the good teeth part is true anymore Too many fillings and root canals are needed.
I think we have given up on biological life on Earth We cannot undo any of our damage.

By: Candadai Tirumalai

Candadai Tirumalai — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:30:50 +0000

When I first came to the United States in 1960 I could not help being struck by the wide availability of ice in restaurants and at soda fountains. I did not take to ice and still haven’t: chills my gums uncomfortably. (A dentist told me Indians fresh from India generally have good teeth but their gums are not in the best condition.) Iceless drinks are a virtual requirement for me.
Ice and the possibility of past life on Mars are undoubtedly exciting but I would prefer to concentrate on the developed biological life we have got here on earth.

By: maxdavinci

maxdavinci — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:44:11 +0000

Now lets set up a spacestation made of ice like that winter ice palace….