• Technology

    Martian Soil Is Alkaline

    By Posted on 6.30.2008 9 Comments

    Now that the glitches caused by the Martian soil's clumpy consistency have been shaken out, the Phoenix Lander has been able to cook up a few samples to test the soil composition. The preliminary results are surprising even to the chemists at work on the project: the soil is alkaline, and much more so than anyone expected. The analysis has found trace amounts of magnesium, sodium, potassium, and other elements similar to those in the soil on Earth. On first pass, Martian dirt appears to be non-toxic and laden with the basic nutrients necessary to support life.

    7.7.2008 at 09:19am - Comment by Kubie

    Someone manually cleans the oven out it isn't that hard, just a bit tedious. I'm sure they could have built a robotic device to do this. However the weight and power requirements would be more than the lander could support. Besides the more complexity they put in the more likely something will break. KISS -Keep It Simple Stupid (words I live by)

  • Cars

    Test Drive: The 2009 Nissan GT-R

    By Posted on 4.11.2008 1 Comments

    4.14.2008 at 09:54am - Comment by Kubie

    It better preform well because we are talking butt ugly except, strangely enough, from behind.

  • Technology

    Whatever Happened to the Blended Wing?

    By Posted on 2.5.2008 15 Comments

    2.7.2008 at 03:46pm - Comment by Kubie

    I do not understand the big problem with no windows. First thing I do is shut the dang thing if I'm sitting anywhere near it and in looking around I am not alone in that as most the windows on my last flight were closed most if not all of the flight. Put a camera somewhere and dedicate a channel on the tv to it and call it good. The cabin will be big enough that claustraphobics might not even notice being enclosed



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