Slashdot: Mars Soil Able to Sustain Life

Morning All,

Interesting post over on slashdot about Martian soil and its newly discovered ability to sustain vegetable life. Apparently you could grow some pretty hardy asparagus on Big Red. We say "hardy" because said asparagus would have to put up with temperatures ranging from +81º to -225º(!)

Oooh, wired has a post too!

Here are both:

Slashdot
Wired

This is great news! We're heading there someday, and this data shows that the planet can support us when we get there.

Phoenix Mars Lander: (photo by the Mars Orbiter)

Just saw this on boingboing.

See that blurry white smudge against the blackness?

This is a picture shot by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Phoenix Lander parachuting down to a safe landing on the surface of the planet Mars.

One probe films another on the surface of an alien planet...

That is simply too cool for words, but let's try anyway.

In the words of Cory Doctorow:

"How badass awesome is it to be a human? Super badass awesome."

Darn right.

Our probes are so cool, they need myspace pages.

Oooooh, watch this:

Every Day is Earth Day!

Earth Day!

Hooray!

But seriously, every day is Earth Day.

Until we get to Mars.


Love and respect and joyous exhilaration,

Team SuperForest