Monolith on Mars does not necessarily indicate the existence of Martians

by Charlie Smith on Apr 15, 2012 at 10:44 am

A giant monolith on Mars is attracting more attention after the University of Arizona recently distributed photos to the Daily Mail.

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment gathers images with a camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Scientists have said that because the monolith is at the bottom of a cliff, it likely landed there as a result of falling down from a great height.

Meanwhile, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin has suggested that discovering more about this monolith is a far more exciting proposition than sending space vehicles to the moon orbiting Earth.


Buzz Aldrin says forget about our moon—we should be visiting the moon around Mars.

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Mike C
Apr 15, 2012 at 6:02 pm
I wonder what happened to the Phobos-Grunt probe...
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Phobos Grunt
Apr 15, 2012 at 9:53 pm
That was a pretty poorly prepared probe (holy unintentional alliteration!)

I recall engineers discovering a software bug that they "fixed" by reversing polarity on some device (i.e. nothing properly tested), it was rushed like crazy to beat a deadline (lest insurance no longer available - launch early and fails: oh well, it's insured), etc.

Too bad, would have been fascinating to have Phobos soil (aka grunt) returned to Earth!
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