"{#} jpturcaud" wrote in message
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Still it does not makes you closer to understanding of Mars Geology !
You are all completely unable to apprehend the simplest fact of the
Earthly
one, running ahead won't help !

Further believing that such feat opens the path to interplanetary travel
within Our Solar System is completely ludicrous !
The day I go to Mars , it won't take me more that 6 hours from TO to
landing .... and going for a quick U-turn around the Moon to boost !

I feel like hearing praised being made to Bleriot for crossing La Manche
or
to the "de Montgolfier" bros for the first hot air balloon flight !
Pathetic !

Pathetic? I beg your pardon. Most of your comments appear to be mindless
attributions with no real substance on your part. That is pathetic.

I have a very passing interest in Geology. It is a weak subject for me, and
am somewhat lost in the threads where that is discussed. Let there be no
doubt, I do recognize the importance of geology and the clues that
Geologiests can glean from the explorations. In fact, I consider that as
one of the main reasons for being there...to provide reliable and usable
information to the geologists.

Your comments that have aviation as a theme are mildly interesting. I am a
Commercial Pilot, and have had an intense interest of aviation, and aviation
history that spans back to when I was 8 or 9. My uncle's neighbor who died
several years ago was signed off to solo by Wilbur Wright. His first
airplane was built by the Brothers. I know many pilots who flew combat from
WWII to the very recent Gulf War. Peripherilly, I know one of the Apollo
Astronauts. Aviation has always been a strong point within my family. I
also know several engineers, techs and chemists who work for NASA. In their
own right, they rank right up there. Even though I am talking NASA, I also
include those who worked on the Beagle. Despite my own comparatively small
accomplishments, I feel completely humbled to walk in the shadows of these
great men. I think it is important to honor those who have truly made
history, and those who are currently making history.

I have to wonder if my interests and appreciation have more substance than
your apprently superficial degredation of great accomplishments.

You can sit there clucking about how pathetic you find me or those who may
think like me...that is your opinion. You stick to the past, and I will
continue to be thrilled with the present and future.

Thanks for the post.



Nom de dieu, mais c'est pas possible une telle ignorance de notre milieu !

--
Sir Jean-Paul Turcaud
Australian Mining Pioneer
Hydro & Mining Prospector _ Senior Geologist
Discoverer of Telfer; Kintyre & Nifty Mines_ Great Sandy Desert.of
Australia
Discoverer of the South Atlantic Submarine Gold Placers
( 40 Millions Tons estimate )
Founder of the TRUE GEOLOGY



~~Ignorance Is The Cosmic Sin, The One Never Forgiven ! ~~


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"Alan Kilian" wrote in message
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Please send a word of thanks to all the boys and girls back at
JPL and at the other sites involved from all of us that have hiched
along on their Mars adventure.

I sure hope that they are just as excited as when they were little
kids and got a long-expected present delivered.

I get giddy thinking about those rovers driving around on Mars.

Do you realize that these things are driving around on MARS????

Nice work everybody.



I am really amazed at the engineering and technical feat that the rovers
represent as well. Truly amazing!