Comments on: Go Home Mars Rock, You're Drunk! (Interplanetary Rock Makes Selfie)

By: Birger Johansson

Birger Johansson — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:49:01 +0000

Naah, it was placed there by a tourist from a “superhabitable” world at Alpha Centauri B
Article: Superhabitable Worlds http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2013.1088

Summary: Looking for a ‘superhabitable’ world? Try Alpha Centauri B, paper says http://phys.org/news/2014-01-superhabitable-world-alpha-centauri-paper.html

By: poose

poose — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 22:30:20 +0000

I vote for ejecta, although the idea that it grew there intrigues me.

Either that, or the Martians are messing with us and left it there to mess with our heads…

By: Art

Art — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:16:15 +0000

The larger object it is sitting on is a boulder with stress fractures and many pieces held together by gravity/friction/other pieces. Liquid (water, CO2, or other) have collected under/around a fractured piece and caused the piece to pop up to relieve the pressure.

If temperatures cycle a couple more times there is a chance that the piece will fall back into place.

By: Nazim

Nazim — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:45:55 +0000

Photobomb* sorry

By: Nazim

Nazim — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:45:35 +0000

Wow, this is the most spacial photoshop i ever seen!

By: joncr

joncr — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:27:54 +0000

Rock, schmock.

I’d rather see pix of something with eyes, fur, and a tail posing for Sprint.

Wouldn’t you?

By: TheBrummell

TheBrummell — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:14:15 +0000

Lies! All Lies! The pictures are presented in reverse order – the rock is missing in the second picture because some nogoodnick stole it!

By: jimspice

jimspice — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:56:56 +0000

1. The rover itself moved it.

By: Smarter Than Your Average Bear

Smarter Than Your Average Bear — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:25:12 +0000

1. Photoshop – someone on the team is playing a joke on everyone
2. A meteorite landed nearby and ejected this – Spirit got lucky
3. Benghazi

By: lol mahmood

lol mahmood — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:07:49 +0000

None of the above. It’s Martian poo.