Thursday, August 16, 2012

UFO - Ironic Science Reality: Flying Saucers on Mars from Earth

UFO - Ironic Science Reality: Flying Saucers on Mars from Earth:
UFO - Ironic Science Reality: Flying Saucers on Mars from Earth
“Irony: The first real flying saucer is from Earth. And it landed on Mars.”
That’s a quote we saw via UT writer Ray Sanders, from a great graphic making its way around the internet. But amazingly, it’s true. Above is a high resolution image from the Mars Science Laboratory’s MARDI instrument showing the heat shield falling away from the spacecraft and heading towards Mars, looking like a classic flying saucer UFO. This image shows the 4.5-meter (15-foot) diameter heat shield when it was about 16 meters (50 feet) from the spacecraft.
The image shows so much detail that “You can actually see the stitching in the thermal blanket and some wiring” said Mike Malin during a press conference at JPL today.
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