Housing Project Discovered on Mars

It could be a power station, or a biological containment, or a garage or even a weapon. Or, it could be ....

... yet another demonstration that there really are people out there who are not merely movie characterizations of zany paranoid conspiracy theorists, but rather, the real thing. And they have video cameras and know how to use them.

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Koch Industries forward operating base.

They're leasing 12,000,000 hectares for mineral rights for $1/hectare. (They get a tax credit for that because they're creating jobs.)

By Uncle Glenny (not verified) on 07 Jun 2011 #permalink

The apparent squareness of the "structure" is entirely an artifact of the guy zooming in to the level of individual pixels. Does he seriously not get that? Take that away, and it's just a long white spot, which could be anything.

It's amazing! It is completely invisible to the wind, and does not have a wind shadow like all the rest of the dunes around there.

...obviously it's one of the glass cities that shoot the mind control rays at us. Tinfoil is the only answer.

Seriously, and speaking of NASA, et al, didn't one of the earlier potential Mars landers go `missing'? or didn't land and was not located? Or? I don't remember the name off hand...

And perhaps that's the raison d'etre for this item. Nothing so intriguing and ripe to suggestion and imagination, ISTM, as something to do with space, and the govt, and which can't be found...

Hey, it could be worse - these people could vote. Oh wait ...

By NoAstronomer (not verified) on 07 Jun 2011 #permalink

Seriously, and speaking of NASA, et al, didn't one of the earlier potential Mars landers go `missing'?

Lots of them, in fact. I think the success rate for getting to Mars intact is something like 50%. However, this is not a missing probe; it's too big. (Or would be, assuming it were a real feature on the surface of Mars, rather than a momentary glitch in the image processing, or the like.)

Why do idiots like that always assume the least likely explanation? Closest it looks like a processing glitch - the most least unlikely explanation.

Darn it, everyone of those dumb astronomers, professional and amateur, as well as all of our sophisticated equipment, missed the launch!What a waste of taxpayer money! :)