Comments on: Science Friday: Saturn Cylcone, ET Life, Shark Blood, Martian Lab & A Replicator?

By: MJ

MJ — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:21:14 +0000

How is this for a bizarre thing… I work for the Communications department of La Trobe University, we were the one who put out the ’shark blood’ press release.

That story made it to a Star Trek website? It’s gone EVERYWHERE…

Heh, and I wasn’t even here looking for it…

By: Commodore Lurker

Commodore Lurker — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:04:09 +0000

21 Scott:

Yea, I agree the landing sequence on the MSL is dazzling, yet worrisome. I don’t understand why they didn’t use already proven techniques rather than trying something new and revolutionary on such an important and unique planetary lander. If it burns in to its doom, how long will it be before they can try again?????

By: Commodore Lurker

Commodore Lurker — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:56:54 +0000

17. Joe Schmoe :

Actually, I think Blood Wine is from Targ blood. But, knowing Klingons the way we all do, I’m sure any dying thing on the way to Stovolkor will due.

By: Commodore Lurker

Commodore Lurker — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:54:06 +0000

14. Lord Garth, Formerly of Sharkzar ,

Right on dude!

By: Commodore Lurker

Commodore Lurker — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:52:05 +0000

19 Kayla, Wow thanks for the link! I’m a bit of an Antarctic geek myself. Very fascinating stuff indeed.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:23:13 +0000

That MSL video was as beautiful and entertaining as a ballet. The cinema verite touches were nice too. I looked at it and marveled how we humans are both so incredibly advanced and amazing, and fragile and primitive as well.

Lurker, I had the same thoughts about it; but they’re doing things with it that usually require a well-equipped lab and scientists with hands and eyes and what-not. It’s hard to do that kind of science without a lot of moving parts. The landing sequence was the part that had me worried the most — and which was as cool as anything I’ve seen in a big-budget SF flick. :-)

Scott B. out.

By: DJT

DJT — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:35:26 +0000

Rock on, Kayla.

By: Kayla Iacovino

Kayla Iacovino — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:17:54 +0000

@15 Commodore Lurker – If you really want to hear about my research (which tends to be boring sometimes) you can check out my website which has some abstracts from older projects, and a bit about what I’m working on now, which is studying Mt. Erebus, the most active volcano in Antarctica. I’ll be presenting my research in the spring, but hopefully I’ll be working on Antarctic stuff for a while; it’s really interesting!

http://www.theutensils.com/profile.html

By: Kayla Iacovino

Kayla Iacovino — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:02:57 +0000

@17 Tribbles?

By: Joe Schmoe

Joe Schmoe — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:33:29 +0000

Speaking of shark’s blood, on Star Trek did they ever say what animal Klingon blood wine came from?