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There is a huge 'monolith' on Phobos, one of Mars's moons
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- kovrik 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_(Space_Odyssey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_(Space_Odyssey)
- tpeo 9y agoThis is a huge wake-up call for everyone here on Earth: if you still haven't either watched Kubrick's Odyssey or read the books, you're missing out.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 9y agoYou can save a lot of time and get all the important bits of the story by watching this Lego adaptation https://youtu.be/Sz4aQ2YbN-E https://youtu.be/Sz4aQ2YbN-E
- LeoPanthera 9y agoMy recommended order is, watch the movie, read the book, then watch the movie again.
- sputknick 9y agoI thought I was the only one who came to that conclusion! Reading the book in the middle leads to a bunch of "ohhhh... That makes more sense now" moments.
- paulddraper 9y agoAccording to the author's forward, the Apollo astronauts (yes, the book + movie are THAT old) considered reporting a large black monolith on the Moon. "Sadly, greater wisdom prevailed" :P
- icanhackit 9y agotldr; With enough rocks thrown around, you'll get a few that look crafted.
- mjevans 9y agoThis might be true, however it's probably still worth at least trying to get some (unmanned) telemetry to better measure the location so that we can evaluate hypothesis or determine if additional study is warranted.
- icanhackit 9y ago> it's probably still worth at least trying to get some (unmanned) telemetry Of course. What I implied was that it wasn't worth losing sleep over, as these types of formations often do e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydonia_(region_of_Mars)
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- rflrob 9y agoNot just thrown around though—you can get crafted looking things through natural geothermal processes (which probably are no longer happening on Phobos); columnar basalt is one of my favorite examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basalt#Columnar_basalt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basalt#Columnar_basalt (If you live in California, Devils Postpile is worth a side trip from Yosemite).
- johansch 9y agotldr; with enough random keystrokes you'll get something resembling "tldr; With enough rocks thrown around, you'll get a few that look crafted."
- icanhackit 9y agoThe comment was to save anyone speculating, based on the title, that it might be a mysterious discovery. It's not - it's a remnant of billions of years of collisions and geological activity.
- gene-h 9y agoAnd if it wasn't for some bad code and quality control, we could have a much better idea of what the monolith is[0]. Heck if the Fobos-Grunt mission was successful we could have up to 200 grams of phobos dirt back on Earth right now. This is such a large sample size, that demonstration of these techniques would arguably be an advance for asteroid mining. But alas, space exploration is hard, so we can only hope that the Fobos-Grunt 2 mission happens. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fobos-Grunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fobos-Grunt
- marak830 9y agoThank you for that link, I hadn't read up about that before. It's a shame how science never gets funded properly. Yet we have money for weapons. Sigh
- andrewstuart 9y agoTardis? Coke vending machine? Having had a closer look at the image, it looks like a ...... tall rock.
- bitwize 9y agoThe Phobos Anomaly? We should keep a close eye on that thing, look out for cacodemon activity...
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- aquilax 9y agoWho will be first to break it into microservices
- ASalazarMX 9y agoBut only if we break it with the savage might of atomic power!
- agumonkey 9y agoWho else checked the date ?