"A stunning survey of the latest evidence for intelligent life on Mars. Mac Tonnies brings a thoughtful, balanced and highly accessible approach to one of the most fascinating enigmas of our time."
--Herbie Brennan, author of Martian Genesis and The Atlantis Enigma
"Tonnies drops all predetermined opinions about Mars, and asks us to do the same."
--Greg Bishop, author of Project Beta
"I highly recommend the book for anyone interested in the search for extra-terrestrial artifacts, and the political intrigues that invariably accompany it."
--David Jinks, author of The Monkey and the Tetrahredron
"Mac Tonnies goes where NASA fears to tread and he goes first class."
--Peter Gersten, former Director of Citizens Against UFO Secrecy
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6 comments:
Wasn't it in the War of the Worlds that the aliens were ultimately killed by germs? It's always the little things we have to worry about.
Mac, didnt you post something awhile back about some sort of skinning material that could be used as space-suits? I wonder how that stuff would hold up.
Speaking of germs, rge, in theory a manned mission would also have to carry the burden of not infecting possible life on other planets even if we think it doesnt exist.
Lunar dust to lunar dust. Martian ashes to Martian ashes.
--WMB
Mac,
My guess is that they should design a new sort of space suit for those who are exploring Mars (and the moon too, for that matter). The bulky suits used for the Apollo missions look to be made of more than one piece, which would leave many a niche and crevasse in which dust could settle and lodge. Ideally, a new suit design should be less bulky and of one piece (much like a scuba diver's suit). I think, too, that something could be learned from the Bedouins of the desert who even to this day brave many a sandstorm. How do they protect themselves from the onslaught of sharp sand particles? Perhaps we can integrate those Bedouin secrets into our own space program...
I don't think this is true for Mars. If the dust was abrasive and corrosive the rovers would probably have died a long time ago.
Stan
You're forgetting those (probably wind-driven) "anomalous cleaning events" JPL's so fond of citing.
Martian soil is highly oxidized, and very fine-grained. It gets in and on *everything*. I experienced a bit of Mars on Earth while hiking the red rock formations in Sedona, Arizona. Red-orange dirt everywhere. Yikes!
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