Starship Asterisk*

innovative solar generators and also working on a nanosatellite launcher

eyecapitain1 wrote:I can't understand how you can ask questions,recieve an adroit and susinct reply,then blow it off by making jokes that only reflect your inabillity to process the information.
Everyone WANTS to be a comedian,but FEW actualy have the tallent.I would suggest you occupy the later descriptive since the jokes were niether funny nor APROPRIATE.
It would have served you better to post a sincere and prompt "thankyou" to Sir Charles for digging up and coralating all of these FACTS in a manner we can all easily understand. BTW:IE:Fully referenced FACTS.
Thanks again Sir Charles for clearing the waters of this muddy pond so we can all understand our universe a bit better than yesterday.

Happy Reentries!

eyecapitain1 wrote:I don't give a rats ass who "looks at me". Either does Sir Charles.
The body of facts is his only concern.

Dr. Skeptic wrote:

eyecapitain1 wrote:I don't give a rats ass who "looks at me". Either does Sir Charles.
The body of facts is his only concern.

Achip is not posting facts, only an interpretation of data - and not doing it very well.

SCIENCE NEWS
October 24, 2006
Martian Soils Point to Ancient Acid Ocean--And a Dearth of Life


Despite being separated by thousands of kilometers, Martian soils from Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum have proved broadly similar in parts--rich in chlorine and sulfur. Recent high-precision measurements have shown that phosphorus--the critical energy carrier in all known forms of Earth life--is equally abundant in such patches of Martian dirt. And the only explanation for such similar soils in disparate locations is a large, acidic ocean, according to a new paper published today in the November issue of Geology.
Geologists James Greenwood of Wesleyan University and Ruth Blake of Yale University examined various explanations for the similar soils sampled by both Mars Rovers as well as at the two Viking and the Mars Pathfinder landing sites. Each contains at least some so-called bright dust or soil that has proved to contain much sulfur, chlorine and phosphorus along with the typical ferric oxide that gives Mars its red tinge. The researchers examined Martian meteorites here on Earth to determine that the sulfur and chlorine likely resulted from ancient volcanic explosions.

But phosphorus is a different story. "The ultimate source of phosphate in Martian fluids is likely from the weathering of calcium-phosphate minerals in igneous rocks," the researchers write. Unlike on Earth, where phosphorus rarely dissolves in water because of its uptake by life, it appears to be behaving like a soluble element on the Red Planet, leached from rock by a surrounding acidic ocean. Such high levels of correlation between phosphorus and sulfur, for example, "can likely only be obtained under acidic conditions," they note.

Such a broad dispersal of similar soils argues for an acidic sea stretching across large swaths of Mars, or perhaps lakes with the same inherent chemistry. Overall levels of the elements argue for such a sea to have been short-lived, as deep ocean waters on Earth typically mix every 1,000 years or so. "Evaporation of a global acidic ocean could lead to [nanophase ferric oxide] particles with constant sulfur, chlorine and phosphorus, as seen in the Martian bright soils," the researchers note in the paper. Such a global acidic ocean would also help explain the lack of carbonates in the soil, a key indicator of the presence of former seas on Earth. But such a sea might not have been a boon to life, even though acid-loving microbes persist here; high levels of phosphorus argue against a living presence. "High concentrations of phosphorus in a Martian ocean," Greenwood and Blake conclude, "would not be expected if Mars had an active biosphere during the ocean's existence." --David Biello

there are no minerals with regular pentagonal symmetry

I find it terribly important to point out to the folks on this forum that your knighthood is neither condoned nor recognized by the Crown. While the BARONY OF BALQUHAIN is quite legitimate and recognized by Burkes, the Crown doesn't acknowledge your honours.

I find it in poor taste to pass yourself off as a proper knight in light of the fact that the honours were not bestowed upon you by Her Majesty or her official representatives. And to do so for the sole purpose of sounding important and credible to this community is in further poor taste.

And, if by any stretch of the imagination your knighthood was valid, you are not a subject of Her Majesty, and therefore could not even accurately call yourself 'Sir' anything.

I call on you to stop this chicanery.