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by **DavidLeodis** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:15 pm

Chris Peterson wrote:
DavidLeodis wrote:I would be grateful if anyone can inform me how the 'Pahrump Hills' got that name. I have tried searching but have not been able to readily find out even after looking up quite a number of the very many links that came up in the search.
When they were planning the mission, they broke the landing area into quadrants named after geographical regions on Earth. This is the Shoshone quadrant, and features are arbitrarily named after things in the Death Valley area, like Barstow, Mojave, and here, Pahrump (Nevada).

Thanks for that help Chris, which is appreciated.

As features are often named after people I had thought that perhaps Pahrump may be one. In view of your answer I have now looked up Pahrump, in Nevada, and in some information it states "Pahrump was originally inhabited by the Shoshone. It was slowly inhabited by American settlers in the late 19th century. They reportedly chose the name for Pahrump after the original indigenous name Pah-Rimpi, or "Water Rock," so named because of the abundant artesian wells in the valley". As there seems to be evidence that there has been surface water on Mars then Pahrump may have turned out to be good coincidence name.

by **Chris Peterson** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 6:00 pm

DavidLeodis wrote:I would be grateful if anyone can inform me how the 'Pahrump Hills' got that name. I have tried searching but have not been able to readily find out even after looking up quite a number of the very many links that came up in the search.

When they were planning the mission, they broke the landing area into quadrants named after geographical regions on Earth. This is the Shoshone quadrant, and features are arbitrarily named after things in the Death Valley area, like Barstow, Mojave, and here, Pahrump (Nevada).

by **DavidLeodis** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 5:30 pm

I would be grateful if anyone can inform me how the 'Pahrump Hills' got that name. I have tried searching but have not been able to readily find out even after looking up quite a number of the very many links that came up in the search.

by **rstevenson** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:17 am

We will, of course, take along appropriate transportation...

: A penny farthing.

Rob

by **BMAONE23** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:56 am

OMG Chris is going to PUNish us

by **rstevenson** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:43 pm

Imagine, a whole world ripe for the punning!

Rob

by **geckzilla** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:46 pm

So much for the rigorous psyche evaluation. They'll be joking and inventing puns all the way to Mars.

by **Chris Peterson** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:44 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:
rstevenson wrote:
BMAONE23 wrote:Being less of a cent by weight on Mars
Would that make it a Ha'penny?
Even less. Gravity on Mars is only 38% that of Earth.
So it'd be a Lessthana Ha'penny.

Rob
Per'aps a Ha'Penny is going a little too Farthing

I'm pleased to announce that I've signed you, Rob, Beyond, and David up for seats on Mars One, and sent along glowing letters of recommendation. That should afford you ample opportunity to pursue this fascinating subject.

by **BMAONE23** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:45 pm

rstevenson wrote:
BMAONE23 wrote:Being less of a cent by weight on Mars
Would that make it a Ha'penny?
Even less. Gravity on Mars is only 38% that of Earth.
So it'd be a Lessthana Ha'penny.

Rob

Per'aps a Ha'Penny is going a little too Farthing

by **Beyond** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:22 pm

What a fun thread! It's amazing just how far a penny can go now-a-days. I would have put in my two-cents worth, but then i would have been off-topic.

by **rstevenson** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:05 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:Being less of a cent by weight on Mars
Would that make it a Ha'penny?

Even less. Gravity on Mars is only 38% that of Earth.
So it'd be a Lessthana Ha'penny.

Rob

by **BMAONE23** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:29 pm

rstevenson wrote:Surely a cent is a cent is a cent. But having been sent to a smaller planet, I have the sense that this cent is less of a cent, in weight if not in mass, than its sent-less cousins on Earth.

Rob [sentient being, most days]

Being less of a cent by weight on Mars
Would that make it a Ha'penny?

by **rstevenson** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:36 pm

Oy! Sco'ish puns!

Rob

by **DavidLeodis** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:49 pm

rstevenson wrote:Surely a cent is a cent is a cent. But having been sent to a smaller planet, I have the sense that this cent is less of a cent, in weight if not in mass, than its sent-less cousins on Earth.

Rob [sentient being, most days]

I wonder what the scent of that sent cent is now? If it has no scent then it might be (as can be pronounced in Scotland) a nae scent nascent object as it starts its life on Mars.

David (a centient being

).

by **Mactavish** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:30 am

Indisputable evidence of a prehistoric dance . . the “Nano-Raptor Stomp” !

by **spacewitch** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:35 pm

These are the fossilized footprints of a tiny herd of nano-raptors. The absence of an overlapping micro-raptor trackway and the general randomness of the orientations suggest they were not being pursued.

by **geckzilla** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:03 pm

tomatoherd wrote:So as not to create confusion, the two 'guests' above are different. I am the last/second one, at 3:19 PM. Dunno why it lost my 'tomatoherd' username, think i took too long to click submit (distractions!).

Create a user account. That way I can just PM you instead of banning you next time.

by **galaxite** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:59 pm

alex_space wrote:Cristals ? No ! Footprints of martian hen walking randomly in the mud.

As a matter of fact, there is a universal law that relates the size of a hen to the size of the planet it inhabits. That explains why the footprints are much smaller on Mars.

by **Ron-Astro Pharmacist** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:16 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:There is one very circular code that is contained, uniquely, in everyone and the clue is in your avatar

Very good point. That code presents in many forms and varieties. I wonder how many examples are present in our world alone. My wife thought my avatar represented a mutant sperm (I'm sure the one that resulted in me). Originally, I meant it to represent life escaping to other worlds. Curiosity may one day uncover evidence that that's universal.

One Curiosity or another.

by **BMAONE23** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:28 pm

Ron-Astro Pharmacist wrote:http://www.ancient.eu/writing/

This APOD is not Martian writing but somewhere, someday would we recognize another civilization's attempt to communicate should we find it on another world? I always thought it would be a unique way to string sentences and paragraphs together as circles amongst circles with the words and thoughts intermingling in ring structures as pictured in the Incan archaeological site – Moray but on an, obviously, much smaller scale for practicality. Wonder if code could be circular rather than linear to connect overlapping concepts? (That tells you about my knowledge of code )

Moray1.jpg
Today's APOD almost has that form in its crystalline structure. Almost.

"It's sedimentary my dear Watson"

There is one very circular code that is contained, uniquely, in everyone and the clue is in your avatar
The double Helix of the genetic code is highly circular when viewed from an end.
Here is an interesting though long (75 page) PDF on Genetics

by **Ludo** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 8:27 pm

Just came to mind that if an extra terrestrial entity were to encounter Curiosity it might think that our god is what's represented in the coin. In Lincoln we trust!

by **Ron-Astro Pharmacist** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:43 pm

http://www.ancient.eu/writing/

This APOD is not Martian writing but somewhere, someday would we recognize another civilization's attempt to communicate should we find it on another world? I always thought it would be a unique way to string sentences and paragraphs together as circles amongst circles with the words and thoughts intermingling in ring structures as pictured in the Incan archaeological site – Moray but on an, obviously, much smaller scale for practicality. Wonder if code could be circular rather than linear to connect overlapping concepts? (That tells you about my knowledge of code

)

Today's APOD almost has that form in its crystalline structure. Almost.

"It's sedimentary my dear Watson"

by **ta152h0** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:23 pm

That penny on Mars probably was unnoticed by the rocket that propelled it there along with the aeroshell that slowed it down. It cost a certain amount to send all those ounces to Mars and not a penny more because of that particular penny.

by **tomatoherd** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:12 pm

So as not to create confusion, the two 'guests' above are different. I am the last/second one, at 3:19 PM. Dunno why it lost my 'tomatoherd' username, think i took too long to click submit (distractions!).
Anyhow, a bit of religion (and anti-religion) being tolerated today, unlike 12/09, when my innocuous comparison of that nebula to the Burning Bush was deleted. Not complaining actually. We can't divorce astronomy completely from theology, at least where there is overlap with cosmology. Now politics: that can be divorced! (except maybe when discussing agency budgets.)

by **Polarys** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:14 pm

I think I can see Jesus in the crystals!

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