The Geeky Brit

On Trip to Mars, NASA Must Rethink Death:
NASA has begun to ponder practical and ethical questions of exploration.

Gone With the Martian Wind:

Mars is a very windy place-so windy, in fact, that bright, oxidized martian soil is being scoured away by martian winds and dust devils to reveal darker, sub-surface soil with the end result of making the whole planet warmer.

In a recent Global Warming debate I had someone politely point out to me that there is Global Warming on Mars which cannot be attributed to human causes…  I think that Global Warming on Mars is probably not caused by us unlucky humans, there are many explanations as to the warming trend on the Red Planet.  🙂

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Prince Harry is definitly going to be deployed to Iraq.  He will partake in a six month tour.

 I am happy his own wishes are being granted.  There is a concern that he will be targeted for kidnapping by extremists, but Harry has always said that he will go where his unit takes him.  He joined the army to fight for his country, and although this takes him into the Iraq quagmire, he will go willingly.  Good for you Harry!

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Here in my home town, teens were treated to a sobering lesson on the dangers of drink driving. Way to go CHP! (Thats something I don’t say often)

A big difference between the UK and the USA is that over here it is still socially acceptable to drive intoxicated. Yes, there are still those that do so in the UK, but there are always bad apples in every barrel. It is now part of the night out to prebook taxis, look at bus schedules etc. My experiences here are that people just wing it and postpone the decision until they are not in a state to make a good one.

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