Life on Mars?

They already know you guys are coming they have been watching, and monitoring wilders. You had better take some pretty glass beads or something for gifts.

 

come on.. fast... Paint what are you doin.. do it fast.. Uguel.. oops Captain whats the time we will be leaving?? where are you BJ...?? BJJJJJ aah there you are ... Cochise too... what are yall discussing??
come on soon...

 

To the crew members,


Well, well..there stg that hasn't been mentioned yet...
What about if we come across a few martians? How should we react?

And how would they react? We'd rather not take any chance...Let's bring them a present.... Stg that represents the area where we come from...
For my part I thought of bringing a bottle of maple syrup, we have tons of them in Quebec...

(we've have been giving that for centuries, lol! !!!)


What about you guys?


Oh bj I'm glad you will be part of our crew, for "the more the merrier!"

Cochise! do not be difficult! You are really making a habit of it! Why would anyone want to go study "beano" when they have gotten the opportunity to study the captivating martian ground? Stop this foolish nonsense and please come aboard or you will be considered A.W.O.L.!

Unless you have taken a secret rendez-vous with "Grisel", there is no reason to stay here. I'm afraid you are too "down-to-earth".

Raise your head and see the future awaiting for us up there....


Uguel

 

Ummm. I was kind of wondering if that might be the case. Cochise, you devil!!

 

I will try to be at the blast off and cheer you on and take a few pictures for posterity

 

hey hey....
they also love karma cookies ?? but invasion !!!

 

Paint and I have had a meeting, the outcome being, because my old pard pinto Paint makes a lot of 'Horse Sense' we "AREN'T GETTING ON THAT SHIP" and that's for no particular reason really other than we.......

[glow=red,2,300] DON'T WANT TO DIE[/glow]

And so, with our stomachs rumbling uncontrollably, we ride off into the Sunset humming to ourselves quietly to calm our nerves.

Cochise,

 

Well, if that's what you really want. Be sure to say hi to Uguels mom for me. I'm sure you guys will have lots to talk about, especially watching those romantic sunsets together.

 

From Cochise

let me tell you....

Our engineers hunched over their drawings boards, ink pot and pen by their side, for years to prepare the trek carefully. They made every possible reckonings and calculations to secure our journey.... But if you decline our invitation we have no choice than leaving the place to someone else....

No worry! We'll send you nice pictures from up there. We have recycled an old shuttle that will drop the mail over the North continent. So if you hear lots of press rumbling about a strange parcel that fell from the sky, that will be from us.

From bj

And she will sing him Wagner's Nibelungenlied:
"Das Rheingold" while the sun disappears behind the mountains....


Uguel

 

You are going to be a long way from home so you might want to take a few necesseties, Such as TP.

 

since you are going to mars here is a little info I know you will want to memorize.

Mars/Earth Comparison
Bulk parameters

Mars Earth Ratio (Mars/Earth)
Mass (1024 kg) 0.64185 5.9736 0.107
Volume (1010 km3) 16.318 108.321 0.151
Equatorial radius (km) 3397 6378.1 0.533
Polar radius (km) 3375 6356.8 0.531
Volumetric mean radius (km) 3390 6371.0 0.532
Core radius (km) 1700 3485 0.488
Ellipticity (Flattening) 0.00648 0.00335 1.93
Mean density (kg/m3) 3933 5515 0.713
Surface gravity (m/s2) 3.71 9.80 0.379
Surface acceleration (m/s2) 3.69 9.78 0.377
Escape velocity (km/s) 5.03 11.19 0.450
GM (x 106 km3/s2) 0.04283 0.3986 0.107
Bond albedo 0.250 0.306 0.817
Visual geometric albedo 0.150 0.367 0.409
Visual magnitude V(1,0) -1.52 -3.86 -
Solar irradiance (W/m2) 589.2 1367.6 0.431
Black-body temperature (K) 210.1 254.3 0.826
Topographic range (km) 30 20 1.500
Moment of inertia (I/MR2) 0.366 0.3308 1.106
J2 (x 10-6) 1960.45 1082.63 1.811
Number of natural satellites 2 1
Planetary ring system No No
Orbital parameters

Mars Earth Ratio (Mars/Earth)
Semimajor axis (106 km) 227.92 149.60 1.524
Sidereal orbit period (days) 686.980 365.256 1.881
Tropical orbit period (days) 686.973 365.242 1.881
Perihelion (106 km) 206.62 147.09 1.405
Aphelion (106 km) 249.23 152.10 1.639
Synodic period (days) 779.94 - -
Mean orbital velocity (km/s) 24.13 29.78 0.810
Max. orbital velocity (km/s) 26.50 30.29 0.875
Min. orbital velocity (km/s) 21.97 29.29 0.750
Orbit inclination (deg) 1.850 0.000 -
Orbit eccentricity 0.0935 0.0167 5.599
Sidereal rotation period (hrs) 24.6229 23.9345 1.029
Length of day (hrs) 24.6597 24.0000 1.027
Obliquity to orbit (deg) 25.19 23.45 1.074
Mars Observational Parameters

Discoverer: Unknown
Discovery Date: Prehistoric

Distance from Earth
Minimum (106 km) 55.7
Maximum (106 km) 401.3
Apparent diameter from Earth
Maximum (seconds of arc) 25.1
Minimum (seconds of arc) 3.5
Mean values at opposition from Earth
Distance from Earth (106 km) 78.39
Apparent diameter (seconds of arc) 17.9
Apparent visual magnitude -2.0
Maximum apparent visual magnitude -2.91
Mars Mean Orbital Elements (J2000)

Semimajor axis (AU) 1.52366231
Orbital eccentricity 0.09341233
Orbital inclination (deg) 1.85061
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 49.57854
Longitude of perihelion (deg) 336.04084
Mean Longitude (deg) 355.45332
North Pole of Rotation

Right Ascension: 317.681 - 0.108T
Declination : 52.886 - 0.061T
Reference Date : 12:00 UT 1 Jan 2000 (JD 2451545.0)
T = Julian centuries from reference date
Martian Atmosphere


Surface pressure: 6.36 mb at mean radius (variable from 4.0 to 8.7 mb depending on season)
[6.9 mb to 9 mb (Viking 1 Lander site)]
Surface density: ~0.020 kg/m3
Scale height: 11.1 km
Total mass of atmosphere: ~2.5 x 1016 kg
Average temperature: ~210 K (-63 C)
Diurnal temperature range: 184 K to 242 K (-89 to -31 C) (Viking 1 Lander site)
Wind speeds: 2-7 m/s (summer), 5-10 m/s (fall), 17-30 m/s (dust storm) (Viking Lander sites)
Mean molecular weight: 43.34 g/mole
Atmospheric composition (by volume):
Major : Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - 95.32% ; Nitrogen (N2) - 2.7%
Argon (Ar) - 1.6%; Oxygen (O2) - 0.13%; Carbon Monoxide (CO) - 0.08%
Minor (ppm): Water (H2O) - 210; Nitrogen Oxide (NO) - 100; Neon (Ne) - 2.5;
Hydrogen-Deuterium-Oxygen (HDO) - 0.85; Krypton (Kr) - 0.3;
Xenon (Xe) - 0.08

Satellites of Mars

Phobos Deimos
Semi-major axis* (km) 9378 23459
Sidereal orbit period (days) 0.31891 1.26244
Sidereal rotation period (days) 0.31891 1.26244
Orbital inclination (deg) 1.08 1.79
Orbital eccentricity 0.0151 0.0005
Major axis radius (km) 13.4 7.5
Median axis radius (km) 11.2 6.1
Minor axis radius (km) 9.2 5.2
Mass (1015 kg) 10.6 2.4
Mean density (kg/m3) 1900 1750
Geometric albedo 0.07 0.08
Visual magnitude V(1,0) +11.8 +12.89
Apparent visual magnitude (V0) 11.3 12.

 

Prelaunch Log Stardate 0420.1
Need to confer with Captain Uguel. Based on this most complete and excelent planetary research report by bigc73542, my recommendation is to make him an official crew member in the position of Science Officer.
Do you concur Captain Uguel?

 

If captain Uguel concurs I would be honored to participate in this great venture. I even have my science officers uniform on. Live long and prosper

 

I think it would be a very good idea to take Bigc on the Mars shot.
After reading his statistics on Mars I DO believe it will do him the world of good to get out more.

Actually, Griselda prefers old Paint to me.....can't think why....

Cochise,

 

will we be ever starting the journey or going to mars will b remaining as another [glow=red,2,300]Dream[/glow] ... its ok... i get inspirations from many.. that one should dream.... whatever

 

Just waiting on word from Captain Uguel. She's in charge. We'll liftoff whenever she's ready. I think she's worried about what her mother might have gotten herself into with Cochise. "Romantic Sunsets" can sometimes lead to other things, and I don't know what Captain Uguel would think about the possibility of having to maybe refer to Cochise as "Daddy" after returning from Mars. A lot can happen in 12 months you know. The possibility also exists that on her return there would be a little brother or sister waiting for her. Please don't faint Captain, we need you.

 

Looooool bigc! and I'm glad that you put mr. Spock's picture instead of captain J-L Picard's! I always liked mr. Spock best! he had lots of charism and was very smart too!

From Cochise

Of course we will, since you have elegantly desisted our invitation.

And you'd rather ride Paint than going into our spaceship, right?

From Subratam

But many great projects started from a dream Sub!!!




Uguel

 

Chief Engineers Log: Stardate 0421.1.
All systems are green and go for liftoff. Just give the word Captain.

 

Loooooooooooool!

I'm afraid the world won't be turning the same way if I had Cochise as a "dad"! And he might not like to have an impish daughter as well!

CU on Mars!!!


Don't you think that my last gif looks like Cookie Monster?


Uguel

 

Impish and Sweet. Just don't let him sucker you into cleaning up after Ol' Paint.

Yes. Could be a "cookie Martian" too!

 

Well thanks BJ!

ANW, joking apart, I always liked horses and they aren't
as smelly as other farm animals.
But if Cochise is a true Indian he won't need anyone to clean the stall. And if he dare asking Griselda, she would send him to Mars just in a wink of an eye!

Uguel

 

Cleaning out stalls and corrals looks like a lot of fun==NOT

 

Chief Engineers Log Stardate 0422.1. Man, I knew I shouldn't have test fired the phasers before realigning the targeting scanners.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2004/28.cfm

Oops? Sorry Captain.

 

So you are the one that did it! Shame Shame



Now they will want you to fix it while we are up there. this is coming out of your allowance

 

No, I didnt do it. The top of the rover is round, it looks kind of like a cookie. It was one of those "cookie Martians". Man, they're mean.

Not mine. Paul's.