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mapuc
11-29-12, 08:27 PM
It seems that NASA have found water and organic material on Mercury

http://blogs.discovery.com/inscider/2012/11/nasa-mercury-announcement.html#mkcpgn=fbsci1

Dowly
11-29-12, 08:45 PM
Nuke it! :huh:

CaptainMattJ.
11-29-12, 08:50 PM
Nuke it! :huh:
LOL! :haha:

Nuke it and take it's oil.

Oberon
11-29-12, 08:57 PM
Mercury?!

Mercury as in, 100-700K average temperature Mercury?

That must be some damn toasty organic material... :o

mapuc
11-29-12, 09:07 PM
Mercury?!

Mercury as in, 100-700K average temperature Mercury?

That must be some damn toasty organic material... :o

From the article:

"How could there be ice on the closest planet to the sun (http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/space-videos/space-school-the-sun.htm)? It turns out the deep craters shade anything inside from the sun's rays, keeping the temperature cool enough to allow ice to form. It's even possible that liquid water exists on the planet somewhere under the ice!"

Markus

AVGWarhawk
11-29-12, 09:30 PM
I'm with Dowly. Shoot first. Ask questions later. Who knows what we are dealing with. Really, next thing you know there is a spider looking thing clinging to your face injecting a life form down your gullet. A few days later you guts are spewing out as the critter decides to introduce himself to the entire ship. Who needs that? :down:

GoldenRivet
11-29-12, 10:37 PM
By organic material I believe they mean the compounds necessary for Life to occur... Not Necessarily that they have discovered actual organisms.

August
11-29-12, 10:47 PM
http://images.wikia.com/adventuretimewithfinnandjake/images/b/b8/NukeOrbit.jpg

Oberon
11-30-12, 06:32 AM
From the article:

"How could there be ice on the closest planet to the sun (http://science.discovery.com/video-topics/space-videos/space-school-the-sun.htm)? It turns out the deep craters shade anything inside from the sun's rays, keeping the temperature cool enough to allow ice to form. It's even possible that liquid water exists on the planet somewhere under the ice!"

Markus

Bloody impressive. They must be damn deep to avoid the surface heat. :yep:

Sailor Steve
11-30-12, 11:29 AM
Really, next thing you know there is a spider looking thing clinging to your face injecting a life form down your gullet. A few days later you guts are spewing out as the critter decides to introduce himself to the entire ship. Who needs that? :down:
We're safe. There's a universal law saying that only happens to John Hurt.

Twice. :O:

TLAM Strike
11-30-12, 11:47 AM
Bloody impressive. They must be damn deep to avoid the surface heat. :yep:

These craters are near the poles so the edge of the crater protects the ice at or near the surface, since Mercury has almost no axial tilt very little sun rises at the poles so there are places that might be in shadow constantly. Being in shadow on Mercury would be like being on the far side of Luna during a Full Moon on Earth (damn cold).

Oberon
11-30-12, 12:58 PM
These craters are near the poles so the edge of the crater protects the ice at or near the surface, since Mercury has almost no axial tilt very little sun rises at the poles so there are places that might be in shadow constantly. Being in shadow on Mercury would be like being on the far side of Luna during a Full Moon on Earth (damn cold).

Aaah, that makes more sense. :yep: