# Let's predict what the Curiosity rover will discover on Mars **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766 "2012-08-07T18:29:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/21 "2012-08-08T05:52:37Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > what else can I look forward to hearing about that will fire up my enthusiasm for more space missions in the future? If there are polar ice caps, obviously there is water. If life ever existed on Mars, surely some remnant remains to this day. Life or not, water is what you need if you want to set up a base on another planet… But I think one answer is ‘natural resources’, and corporations will be the most anxious to really get moving on missions to Mars. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/22 "2012-08-08T05:53:26Z")
Hopefully [nucleobases](http://www.wimp.com/blocksmeteorites/) but I think more rocks and sand and other shit. NASA puts the findings of “other shit” at .2g per Kg collected. Imma win dis. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/23 "2012-08-08T13:56:51Z")
All the pens I’ve lost over the years. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/24 "2012-08-08T14:08:43Z")
Note to NASA: PLEASE do not awaken the “old ones”! ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/25 "2012-08-08T16:09:28Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > But I think one answer is ‘natural resources’, and corporations will be the most anxious to really get moving on missions to Mars. If NASA were smart, they’d claim to have found rare metals and gold. That way, they could just book flights to Mars and back on commercial flights by this time next year. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/26 "2012-08-08T16:14:32Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > If NASA were smart, they’d claim to have found rare metals and gold. That way, they could just book flights to Mars and back on commercial flights by this time next year. It’s been.said before (and I believe it) - if there were solid pure gold bars on the moon, stacked ready for collection, it would not be cost effective to go and collect them. I imagine this is even more the case for Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/27 "2012-08-08T16:15:24Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > All the pens I’ve lost over the years. Socks lost in the dryer. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/28 "2012-08-08T17:16:41Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > It’s been.said before (and I believe it) - if there were solid pure gold bars on the moon, stacked ready for collection, it would not be cost effective to go and collect them. I imagine this is even more the case for Mars. But there are plenty of folks who would buy million dollar tickets. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Whammo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/29 "2012-08-08T17:23:11Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > I think it will look down and find it landed on a cat. ..and to the cats back they will find buttered toast and the whole shabang was attached to the rover to slow the decent. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/30 "2012-08-08T18:45:36Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > I think it will look down and find it landed on a cat. You mean . . . Curiosity killed the cat. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/31 "2012-08-08T19:03:04Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Curiosity killed the cat. 🙂🙂🙂 Thank you, thank you, thank you for making my day!! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/32 "2012-08-08T19:05:58Z")
Jimmy Hoffa. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/33 "2012-08-08T19:46:35Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > You mean . . . > > Curiosity killed the cat. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/34 "2012-08-08T19:58:31Z")
The rover will discover a Starbucks. With menus printed in an unknown language. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/35 "2012-08-08T20:36:32Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > The rover will discover a Starbucks. With menus printed in an unknown language. “large” for small, “largo” (or whatever the hell it is) and “humongous” _are_ an unknown language. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/36 "2012-08-08T20:41:17Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > The rover will discover a Starbucks. With menus printed in an unknown language. Tragically, Curiosity is too large to fit through the doors, and will never be able to place an order. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/37 "2012-08-08T20:44:22Z")
> [@AndrewL](#): > > Tragically, Curiosity is too large to fit through the doors, and will never be able to place an order. Pfui. It has a mast mounted rock burning laser. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/38 "2012-08-08T20:49:49Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > You mean . . . > > Curiosity killed the cat. It took that long?! Yeesh, every must have been having a busy day. 🙂 I vote it finds a second, steampunk, rover. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/39 "2012-08-08T21:14:10Z")
A rock with **ERB** scratched on it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766/40 "2012-08-08T21:16:57Z")
> [@Battle\_Pope](#): > > A rock with **ERB** scratched on it. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-predict-what-the-curiosity-rover-will-discover-on-mars/630766.md?page=3)