# NASA Has Mars Announcement **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537 "2015-09-26T02:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/21 "2015-09-26T15:11:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 😕 > > How would they KNOW? I don’t Recall. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/22 "2015-09-26T18:57:21Z")
[They have just discovered an important note from space. The Martians plan to throw a dance for all the human race.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRqg3M4ZJg8) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/23 "2015-09-26T19:11:35Z")
“We’ve discovered alien life!” “Wow! Wanna inform the press?” “Nah, it can wait until Monday. I have some dinner plans this weekend.” “Fair enough.” Yeah, I’m not on the edge of my seat. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/24 "2015-09-26T19:38:33Z")
I just hope it isn’t a tie in to the movie [The Martian](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/). ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/25 "2015-09-26T19:56:05Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > “We’ve discovered alien life!” > “Wow! Wanna inform the press?” > “Nah, it can wait until Monday. I have some dinner plans this weekend.” > “Fair enough.” > > Yeah, I’m not on the edge of my seat. They discovered a Martian Bigfoot? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/26 "2015-09-26T19:59:50Z")
They have really good pictures of a crashed alien starship on Deimos. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/27 "2015-09-26T20:00:22Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > They discovered a Martian Bigfoot? Well, they certainly haven’t informed me that I’ve been discovered. I hope they don’t think they need to go the paparazzi route. I’d be happy to give interviews and pose for photos. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/28 "2015-09-26T20:28:52Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Well, they certainly haven’t informed me that I’ve been discovered. I hope they don’t think they need to go the paparazzi route. I’d be happy to give interviews and pose for photos. 😉 If you drop your pants, Mars will have _three_ moons. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/29 "2015-09-26T21:20:40Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Well, they certainly haven’t informed me that I’ve been discovered. I hope they don’t think they need to go the paparazzi route. I’d be happy to give interviews and pose for photos. 😉 My God…its full of crabs… ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/30 "2015-09-28T15:12:21Z")
They have delayed the announcement twice. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/31 "2015-09-28T15:15:28Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Opportunity is up on blocks with the wheels missing. So Mars is inhabited by [Philadelphians](http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/)? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/32 "2015-09-28T15:24:57Z")
The head and torch of the Statue of Liberty are poking out of the sands. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/33 "2015-09-28T15:35:49Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > Water on Mars is old news, isn’t it? Granted, as ice, but still. Yes but now they’ve also discovered a vast body of Scotch. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/34 "2015-09-28T15:38:05Z")
Turns out the Face On Mars really is a statue. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/35 "2015-09-28T15:43:34Z")
Whovians knew it already - [The Waters of Mars - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waters_of_Mars) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/36 "2015-09-28T15:52:01Z")
Close. They found [Sutekh](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Sutekh). ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/37 "2015-09-28T15:57:31Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Yes but now they’ve also discovered a vast body of Scotch. That would be the one good reason to go to Mars. But the question is, Islay or Highland style? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/38 "2015-09-28T15:59:22Z")
And it’s water. Liquidy type. Just as we suspected. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/39 "2015-09-28T16:00:43Z")
Do they have streaming video? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537/40 "2015-09-28T16:05:10Z")
So would this get support for a manned martian sortie? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-has-mars-announcement/732537.md?page=3)