Comments on: Hello Mars — This is the Earth! http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/hello-mars-this-is-the-earth/ A history of the future that never was Mon, 27 May 2013 01:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Ryan http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/hello-mars-this-is-the-earth/#comment-723 Ryan Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:12:41 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3704#comment-723 Although I love the idea of having life in other planets I still think it is silly and I will always think it is silly until I really meet a Martian in person! People waste their time and money doing this stuff. Although I love the idea of having life in other planets I still think it is silly and I will always think it is silly until I really meet a Martian in person! People waste their time and money doing this stuff.

]]> By: Lolita.se http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/hello-mars-this-is-the-earth/#comment-722 Lolita.se Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:11:18 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3704#comment-722 hello hello

]]> By: Farley http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/hello-mars-this-is-the-earth/#comment-691 Farley Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:31:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3704#comment-691 Well, we're there again. No boots, but definitely a footprint, albeit mechanical. The landing this morning was picture perfect. Well, we’re there again. No boots, but definitely a footprint, albeit mechanical.

The landing this morning was picture perfect.

]]> By: Jeffrey Bada http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/07/hello-mars-this-is-the-earth/#comment-678 Jeffrey Bada Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:16:33 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=3704#comment-678 The idea of communicating with Mars has a long rich tradition. The German mathematician Karl Gauss suggested in 1820 constructing a huge triangle of pine trees in Siberia that enclosed a field of wheat. This would supposedly overcome any language obstacle by showing that we Earthlings had an understanding of mathematics, which supposedly the Martians would also have. Not to be out done by the Germans, the director of the Vienna Observatory Joseph von Littrow proposed digging a 24-mile long trench in the Sahara Desert, filling it with kerosene and setting this ablaze to signal Martians of our presence. The science fiction book "To Mars with Tesla; or, the Mystery of Hidden Worlds" described Tesla supposed attempts to communicate with Martians by radio. The idea of communicating with Mars has a long rich
tradition. The German mathematician Karl Gauss suggested in 1820
constructing a huge triangle of pine trees in Siberia that enclosed a
field of wheat. This would supposedly overcome any language obstacle by
showing that we Earthlings had an understanding of mathematics, which
supposedly the Martians would also have. Not to be out done by the
Germans, the director of the Vienna Observatory Joseph von Littrow
proposed digging a 24-mile long trench in the Sahara Desert, filling it
with kerosene and setting this ablaze to signal Martians of our presence.
The science fiction book “To Mars with Tesla; or, the Mystery of Hidden
Worlds” described Tesla supposed attempts to communicate with Martians by
radio.

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