Comments on: NASA extends Mars lander mission, search for water

Space agency scientists say that the Mars Phoenix Lander mission has been going so well that it plans to extend the lander's stay through the end of September, instead of August. The cost: $2 million.

[tacit]

"On May 25, the rover landed more than 200 miles away on the edge of a volcano in the northern hemisphere of Mars..."

Well, yes, it is technically true that Mars is more than 200 miles away, I suppose.

[earcmba]

Phoenix is a lander, not a rover.

[cookiexs]

Dear Stefanie Olsen,

The subject of your article is the Phoenix lander vehicle.
Yet you refer to it as "ROVER" 11 times including the title.

The Phoenix lander is NOT a rover. It does not move on the martian surface.
You might be confused as yes, there are two rovers in Mars which are Spirit and Opportunity, but they something else.

[umcrouc0]

Is the camera actually 1 megapixel? If it is I wouldn't use the term 'high-resolution' for the photos. You couldn't even blow one of those up to a 8x10 and have it look okay.

[Jack K1]

Dearest Editor,

Please note that the chemical formula for water is not "H20" (or H-Twenty). It is the letter "H", the numeral "2", and the letter "O". The "H" is for hydrogen, the "2" is for the number of hydrogen atoms in the water molecule, and the "O" is for oxygen.

By using character zero rather than the letter "O" you will confuse search engines.

Thanks,

J.

[chem_andy]

The stitched images would be high-res, especially if the camera had lenses for zooming and put 400 of those images together.

[djkinney]

Paragraph 2 - "Frozen ice" ... as opposed to what other kind of ice? Melted Ice? That would be H20. Sorry! I meant H2O! Gosh. What a silly head I am.

Attention Stefanie Olsen! Please return to your high school journalism class for debriefing and reeducation. Jesus. And while I can't find a decent writing job, this clown is at Cnet.

[chem_andy]

It was a great article, despite the errors. Yes, several things threw me off and confused me for a while, but I appreciate the attempt and the information.

That article confused you guys with minor errors that YOU were able to correct, doesn't seem like you guys were really that confused to me?

[ogspics]

Meanwhile...Back On Earth!
Check out the giant crater in the western quarter of the united states.

Go to the mapquest satellite viewer and use the aerial mode to view the western united states. Zoom to the third level from the bottom. Check the labels box.

Now, look at where Boise, Idaho is located. Just north east of Boise is a very large impact recoil peak. There is another recoil peak a little further north west of Boise/northeast of Baker City Oregon. Uncheck the labels box and look at the map without the roads, etc. Look carefully at the area to the east, over to the area of yellowstone park and the northwest corner of Wyoming.

To the north and south of the Yellowstone area, the crater rim is readily visible.

Follow the arc of the crater rim south.. to the south west, up to the north along the western Cascade Mountains up through Washington and then eastward around the canada border and on down south to reconnect back at the Yellowstone area. The crater rim here appears to have been affected by Yellowstone caldera activity.

See the big impact crater. About 1000 miles in diameter. A little further south at the "four corners" area, notice the super volcano.
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