Gold on Mars!

[Terry Soloman]

 

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[RTR]

The first few seconds looked interesting. But what would it cost to mine it,a Billion ?

 

[CoinFetcher]

I dont think any planet in our solar system has the tectonic foundation to produce that much GOOD STUFF

The photos in the video certainy show gold colored material, but as we know...all the glitters isn't necessarily gold

 

[SD51]

Thanks Terry, interesting... didn't realize that had music on Mars too!

 

[Red-Coat]

Gold has been detected on Mars, but so far only in trace amounts. There's no reason why it couldn't be more abundant and in extractable quantities as a result of ancient volcanic activity, but that isn't what the Perseverance pictures show. Perseverance has imaged a number of gold-coloured deposits as seams and nuggets but none have proved to be gold. The nuggets were generally hematite-rich nodules and the seams were generally carbonate minerals or calcium sulphate, taking on a golden hue as a result of lighting conditions and optical phenomena.

 

[russau]

DARN !!!!!! I just put a round trip flight and it is non-refundable ! Looks like I'll need to go back to work somewhere! Anybody need a F.O.G. that needs lots of breaks and likes to jabber and make lots of posts on the net!

 

[1637]

i dont think there is any roundtrips coming soon,only one way, take extra batt. good luck brad

DARN !!!!!! I just put a round trip flight and it is non-refundable ! Looks like I'll need to go back to work somewhere! Anybody need a F.O.G. that needs lots of breaks and likes to jabber and make lots of posts on the net!

 

[russau]

DARN that travel agent lied to me ! She must
work for our gubermint !

 

[jeff of pa]

They need to send a Dozen of those Boston Dynamics Robots to mars with Pics & Shovels.
but No Motown'Music ! don't need the destartion

 

[DizzyDigger]

I don't think any planet in our solar system has the tectonic
foundation to produce that much GOOD STUFF

Heavy elements like gold, osmium, palladium, etc. are not produced
by plate tectonic's.

The prevailing theory was that gold was produced in supernova's, but
there's some newer research that shows that the heaviest elements have
only been forged during the collision of two neutron stars. When neutron
stars collide it's about the most powerful, violent and explosive event in the universe.

Here is an outstanding article that explains it all, and in understandable language.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/did-...-forge-the-universes-supply-of-gold-20170323/

That wonderful yellow metal we dig out of the ground traveled a long,
long ways to get here.

 

[ARC]

Thats great an all...

But what about Rum ? ? ?

 

[BillA]

nice article DD

 

[BillA]

Thats great an all...

But what about Rum ? ? ?

much lighter, gears and a kettle suffice

 

[Duckshot]

So gold is the color and not the content? Oh-well, recovery back to Earth would make it the most expensive gold on our planet, with the possible exception of electron collider gold.

 

[Bonaro]

This is not as interesting as the alien skeleton they found on Mars and neither are real

 

[et1955]

Mining outside of the Earths atmosphere is a stupid idea, period !!!!! I had the space travel dream back in the late 1960's but we know so much more now about the dangers of it. Nasa is predicting the sun will be very active in the very near future and means death to any astronauts traveling to mars, one way trip it will be.

 

[Blak bart]

If women are from venus....then there will be gold diggers on Mars in no time....I'd be trying to recover the 8 or so pounds we know are on the moon....left there by us on our rover !!

 

[Duckshot]

Thats great an all...

But what about Rum ? ? ?

Good idea!

Traveling the distance from here to Mars would be impossible without a bit of social lubricant.

You know what they say, "Time flies when you are having rum".

 

[firebird]

It'd make more sense mining the asteroids for gold since there's less volume to have to dig up, massive metal bearing asteroids believed to be part of the core of an old planet have already been detected. Most of the heavy metals on planets sank deep underground, yet are easily accessible as asteroids. NASA is planning on sending a probe next year to explore it.

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/16-psyche/in-depth/

 

[WG2020]

Jeff,

If robots could actually move like this then a whole lot of folks are going to be out of work sometime in the not too distant future. Good luck with your hunts. Walt