I just found an article online which I thought was interesting, and, given our recent discussion of the “Westonian” idea of living on other planets and thereby preserving the human species, I thought it might be something some of you might be curious about as well. The article was contained in the scientific subsection of MSN.com, so it should be from a fairly legitimate source.
The following quote sums up the article's main point:
“Researchers say pictures from a Mars orbiter show holes the size of football fields that may be the entrances to subterranean caverns. If the claims prove to be true, such caves would be prime targets in the search for extraterrestrial life and prime real estate for future human settlements.”
It seems that the idea espoused by Weston is still being propagated . . .
You can find the full article at http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/19/94112.aspx . Sadly, it does not seem to be as full a report as one might like, but I believe it gives enough information to be entertaining, nonetheless.
In addition, there seems to be a small blog-like discussion beneath the article; it is kind of intriguing (perhaps even funny?) to read what some other, “casual” non-scientific observers are saying about this topic . . . there is anything from mild interest, surprise, to even outright cookiness displayed in these comments. (I say “cookiness” because there seems to be a difference between those who have scientifically-oriented mindset and those who are always looking over their shoulder expecting an alien invasion at any moment . . .)
I wonder, if it WAS possible to live on Mars (which, in my opinion, is more than unlikely, if not entirely impossible; I believe God put us on Earth for a reason . . . [feel free to disagree with me]), how many of you would actually like living in a cave your whole life? Hmm . . . happy Martian-cave exploring to you! Just kidding . . .
The following quote sums up the article's main point:
“Researchers say pictures from a Mars orbiter show holes the size of football fields that may be the entrances to subterranean caverns. If the claims prove to be true, such caves would be prime targets in the search for extraterrestrial life and prime real estate for future human settlements.”
It seems that the idea espoused by Weston is still being propagated . . .
You can find the full article at http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/03/19/94112.aspx . Sadly, it does not seem to be as full a report as one might like, but I believe it gives enough information to be entertaining, nonetheless.
In addition, there seems to be a small blog-like discussion beneath the article; it is kind of intriguing (perhaps even funny?) to read what some other, “casual” non-scientific observers are saying about this topic . . . there is anything from mild interest, surprise, to even outright cookiness displayed in these comments. (I say “cookiness” because there seems to be a difference between those who have scientifically-oriented mindset and those who are always looking over their shoulder expecting an alien invasion at any moment . . .)
I wonder, if it WAS possible to live on Mars (which, in my opinion, is more than unlikely, if not entirely impossible; I believe God put us on Earth for a reason . . . [feel free to disagree with me]), how many of you would actually like living in a cave your whole life? Hmm . . . happy Martian-cave exploring to you! Just kidding . . .
posted by Christensen at 6:58 PM
2 Comments:
Anna,
In response to your question:
I'm not a scientific guy or anything, so I won't be able to give you an conclusive proof on whether or not we'll be hopping in the friendly space-stationwagon for a jaunt out to Mars any time soon, but I thought I'd give my intital "common man" impression.
The thought that we won't be able to ever reach or live on Mars sounds an awful lot like the people who thought the idea of landing on the moon or even entering orbit was insane. I mean, can you imagine trying to explain to King Arthur the idea that someday we'll have the ability to travel into the endless abyss, leaving our little blue marble behind?
Give it a couple hundred years. I bet we'll get there eventually, and when we do we might find that it isn't habitable or something, but I bet someday we'll see humans stepping foot on Mars.
As for the mindset that God put you on this earth for a reason... that's sort of anti-exploration of anything isn't it? After all, God didn't give me four wheels and an engine right out of the womb, but does that mean I shouldn't drive?
Believe it or not, there are some people (they are sometimes called “conspiracy theorists”) who question whether we actually landed on the Moon or not in the first place. The Cold War was going on at the time (1969 . . . I think), and it seems we definitely did not want Russia to get people to the Moon before we did; therefore, some say we invented the story to make it look as if we really have been to the Moon.
(There are, of course, other stated reasons for the moon landings to have possibly been a hoax [money, distraction from Vietnam, etc.], but I think the Cold War theory is probably the most well known one.)
One thing those who question the validity of the lunar landings point out, is that it seems a little strange that we have not had any space missions to the moon for quite some time. On one hand, this argument does, apparently, have some merit, as one might think that if we have really had the ability to go to the moon we would have been there several more times in recent decades . . . but we have not. On the other hand, however, this particular question does not really appear to give a convincing – or, at least, full – enough explanation for this lack of recent lunar landings.
At the same time, very few (if any) proponents of a hoax/cover-up would disbelieve that we really have set up satellites into earth's orbit . . .
For more information related to the possibility of a lunar landing hoax, if interested, you might try something like a “moon landing” or “lunar landing” search through Google or Yahoo, and narrow your options with “hoax” or “conspiracy” etc. I have not tried this to see what one might come up with, so I take no blame for what you might come across . . . One word of caution, though (as goes for all web searches) – you might try to make sure you have found legitimate sources before you take anything you read to heart . . . though, granted, sometimes “legitimate” sources may be wrong, and, adversely, “not-quite-so-legitimate” sources may be not-quite-as-wrong . . . or the other way around . . . or . . . :)
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