Comet brushes Mars today; Once in a million year event.

It's quiet at work isn't it

 

Strictly speaking, it's a busy day at work, but the projects I'm working on are so complicated, I need to occasionally come on here to give my brain a rest.

But yes, that's a very similar sort of thing.

 

Lacking an oxygenated atmosphere, Connie's service ceiling is runway altitude. Just like everybody else's . Enabled by photosynthesis and donchu fergit it.

 

Well, duh. Obviously this Comet has liquefied oxygen which is fed into the engines at the same time as the fuel. Obviously. It wasn't a standard fitment on most Comets, I'll grant you. But it's the only explanation I can think of for this picture.

Apart from maybe aliens and teleporting and tractor beams and stuff, which is also a strong possibility.

 

There also was a Mercury Comet. It was my first car. Never drove it fast enough to burn up in our own atmosphere. Nor did it ever get hit by a Ford Pinto, which would have caused a tremendous fireball.

 

I thought Comet had gone bust?

Comet goes bust putting more than 6,000 jobs at risk - Mirror Online

 

Comet (TM) (the abrasive cleaning powder) can generate O2 under the right circumstances, so maybe those jet engines can run without liquid O2. The latter being something you just don't want to leak out on asphalt runways. As not seen on Mythbusters (too dangerous).

 

To my knowledge, there are no Ford Pintos on Mars. So your Mercury Comet would be safe.

 

This is an excellent low-cost solution for flying 1950s passenger jets to Mars.

Thank you.

 

Rightly so. It was always the most depressing electrical shop.

But you couldn't fly a Curry's to Mars, could you?

 

You could if you ate enough of it.

 

Valid point.

Also, a lack of curry is one of the things that would put me off going to Mars.

 

I do not know. You wouldn't want to be cooped up in a small capsule on Mars with me within a 12 hour window after I'd had a curry! A greeny brown fog would just be floating in the air. You'd give breathing Martian air a go

 

ESA - Robotic Exploration of Mars: The enigma of methane on Mars

Someone's had a curry there already.

 

Sorry to derail the fun thread drift and get back to the original topic --

This comet appears to have created a very strong meteor shower on Mars. While not observed directly -- our research satellite orbits were intentionally adjusted to be on the far side during closest approach, to minimize damage risk -- the instruments found stronger remnants in the atmosphere than have ever been observed from any Earthly meteor storms.

SpaceWeather.com, Nov 9
NASA: Mars Spacecraft Reveal Comet Flyby Effects on Martian Atmosphere