Comments on: The weird, black, spidery things of Mars http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 14:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DreamboatSkanky http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1549647 DreamboatSkanky Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1549647 Sic 'em, AMEE! Sic ‘em, AMEE!

]]> By: Dirtgrain http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1549384 Dirtgrain Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1549384 Green Patches? Green Patches?

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1549341 BombBlastLightingWaltz Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1549341 Two or three of the orbital photo's, at Rocket Krulwich's site, look like  giant 'caterpillars' with setae (hairs) on its body segments.  Two or three of the orbital photo’s, at Rocket Krulwich’s site, look like  giant ‘caterpillars’ with setae (hairs) on its body segments. 

]]> By: Micah Milne http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1549193 Micah Milne Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1549193 inconceivable :o inconceivable :o

]]> By: IndexMe http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548896 IndexMe Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548896 My dispassionately reasoned conclusion was, sharkfin trees. They pop up out of the top of the dunes to maximize available heat, light and updrafts. Tiny seedpods crackle open on the warmest days of Spring, launching light, feathered spores like powdery carbon black snowflakes that can travel an entire hemisphere in the month of wind. On another note I've been thinking our next rovers should be able to jump and include legs, and arms to right yourself after a tumble. Maybe necessary for exploring geyser country? My dispassionately reasoned conclusion was, sharkfin trees. They pop up out of the top of the dunes to maximize available heat, light and updrafts. Tiny seedpods crackle open on the warmest days of Spring, launching light, feathered spores like powdery carbon black snowflakes that can travel an entire hemisphere in the month of wind.

On another note I’ve been thinking our next rovers should be able to jump and include legs, and arms to right yourself after a tumble. Maybe necessary for exploring geyser country?

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548849 Thorzdad Thu, 04 Oct 2012 15:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548849 So, Mars has Morgellon's disease? So, Mars has Morgellon’s disease?

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548798 howaboutthisdangit Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548798 That's a firing range.  Marvin has been testing his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator. That’s a firing range.  Marvin has been testing his Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548783 digi_owl Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548783 So, would this be spice? So, would this be spice?

]]> By: knappa http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548769 knappa Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548769 The NASA budget is actually about $61.50 per person. (2011 numbers) The NASA budget is actually about $61.50 per person. (2011 numbers)

]]> By: ChipN http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548765 ChipN Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548765  Like Cliff says, a whole lot of cactopodes that have never been in my kitchen. Oh, but they have!! NASAs budget is $1,725 a year from every US taxpayer, that's one heck of a lot of groceries!! And $175 of that is for the Space Shuttle program 2013. What? The Space Shuttle is retired! Apparently NASA didn't get the memo. $3.5B a year for the Space Shuttle program '13.  Like Cliff says, a whole lot of cactopodes that have never been in my kitchen. Oh, but they have!! NASAs budget is $1,725 a year from every US taxpayer, that’s one heck of a lot of groceries!! And $175 of that is for the Space Shuttle program 2013. What? The Space Shuttle is retired! Apparently NASA didn’t get the memo. $3.5B a year for the Space Shuttle program ’13.

]]> By: ChipN http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548762 ChipN Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548762  Eloy  Eloy

]]> By: petz79 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548737 petz79 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548737  Giant sandworms.  Giant sandworms.

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548690 CognitiveDissident Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548690 "Enhance" Definitely lost Ewoks marching in a line. (Wrong planet? I said they were lost, didn't I?) “Enhance”
Definitely lost Ewoks marching in a line.
(Wrong planet? I said they were lost, didn’t I?)

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548648 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548648 Sometimes a tree is just a tree. Sometimes a tree is just a tree.

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548635 Ian Osborne Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548635 ...or they're trees. …or they’re trees.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548625 franko Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548625 HELLOOOOOOO.... of *course*, they are sandworms, coming up to warm themselves in the springtime sun. *eyeroll* /comicbookguyvoice HELLOOOOOOO…. of *course*, they are sandworms, coming up to warm themselves in the springtime sun. *eyeroll*
/comicbookguyvoice

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548614 Boundegar Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548614 http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii239/CL4M9/Cactuar.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii239/CL4M9/Cactuar.jpg

]]> By: Harvey http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548609 Harvey Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548609 They look like the lizard-like creatures as described by Andrew Basiago. He claimed to have teleported to Mars. Listen at 6:40.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olVWQ1Iu-sk They look like the lizard-like creatures as described by Andrew Basiago. He claimed to have teleported to Mars. Listen at 6:40. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olVWQ1Iu-sk

]]> By: Chris Reed http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548606 Chris Reed Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548606 Clearly the tips of ancient alien skyscrapers from a city hidden beneath the sand Clearly the tips of ancient alien skyscrapers from a city hidden beneath the sand

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548589 Joseph Francis Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548589 Ziggy played guitar. Ziggy played guitar.

]]> By: lorq http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548552 lorq Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548552 Spice Blow.  The body of Liet Kynes is lying at the bottom of one of these. Spice Blow.  The body of Liet Kynes is lying at the bottom of one of these.

]]> By: Dr Boom http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548532 Dr Boom Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548532 Shadow Vessels - just don't let any telepaths near them. Shadow Vessels – just don’t let any telepaths near them.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548505 awjt Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548505 Maybe they are only on the sand dunes because they MAKE the sand dunes. Then, naturally, the wind blows the sand around into typical dune shapes. As well as the black iron sulfide type seepage spewing and blowing about. We have the same kind of thing on earth, except ours are typically undersea, called black smokers. They are responsible for massive sulfide deposits, which we can thank for most of the precious metals we possess. Maybe they are only on the sand dunes because they MAKE the sand dunes. Then, naturally, the wind blows the sand around into typical dune shapes. As well as the black iron sulfide type seepage spewing and blowing about. We have the same kind of thing on earth, except ours are typically undersea, called black smokers. They are responsible for massive sulfide deposits, which we can thank for most of the precious metals we possess.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548500 ocker3 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548500  I think the next probe we send should leave behind observation posts that network and send pictures of their surroundings back to the rover/base station for transmission back to Earth. We're getting cross-section photos here, we need longtitudional studies!  I think the next probe we send should leave behind observation posts that network and send pictures of their surroundings back to the rover/base station for transmission back to Earth. We’re getting cross-section photos here, we need longtitudional studies!

]]> By: Sirkowski http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548496 Sirkowski Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548496 Spiders from Mars, d'uh. Spiders from Mars, d’uh.

]]> By: Michael Whittier http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548413 Michael Whittier Wed, 03 Oct 2012 22:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548413 Clearly Someone didn't brush the crumbs from the cake before adding the delicious burnt-sugar icing. Clearly Someone didn’t brush the crumbs from the cake before adding the delicious burnt-sugar icing.

]]> By: Stryx Varia http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548338 Stryx Varia Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548338 Singing Corals. Just ask Takeshi Kovach. Singing Corals.

Just ask Takeshi Kovach.

]]> By: omems http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548339 omems Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548339 Looks like (scale notwithstanding) a chromatogram. Looks like (scale notwithstanding) a chromatogram.

]]> By: Pip_R_Lagenta http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548331 Pip_R_Lagenta Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548331  The first formal account of the Bat-Rat-Spider appeared in the 1959 documentary "Angry Red Planet".  There is nothing new here.  The first formal account of the Bat-Rat-Spider appeared in the 1959 documentary “Angry Red Planet”.  There is nothing new here.

]]> By: baconfriedpork http://boingboing.net/2012/10/03/the-weird-black-spidery-thin.html#comment-1548316 baconfriedpork Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185212#comment-1548316 clearly they're Fremen windtraps clearly they’re Fremen windtraps

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