I won't predict the markets, but here's what I predict they will find on Mars: radiation decayed DNA and cell fragments. The scientifically illiterate media will initially claim that life has been discovered on Mars. Then everyone will remember that astronomers have calculated that a percent or two of all projectile material thrown from the earth in past asteroid/comet/meteor collisions will end up on Mars. And then they'll be in a quandary because the DNA fragments sure seem to match those on earth...
we won't know until a few more hours, but if all went well, the first of 3 probes has landed!!! http://www.esa.int
Here are a few good links from me: Send your name to a comet - for free! http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/index.html The who-is-who in managing (european) space flights: http://www.esoc.esa.de/pr/virtualtour/personnel.html And, by the way, I've been to the ESOC a few years ago. Incredibly interesting: in the main control room, they've attached a big piece of wreckage from the Ariane that exploded a few years ago, just a few meters behind the backs of the controllers. Maybe scary, but I guess still a quite effective motivational theory And I also met a very bright British guy there, about 33 years old. He told me that he was trained for 7 years to manage one of the 7 or so spacecrafts from above mentioned Ariane that should have analyzed the sun rays. Imagine getting trained for 7 years, and then your spacecraft explodes one minute after take off! :eek:
Go to www.enterprisemission.com if you want to really know what is going on inside NASA and the realities of MARS! Chris
Yep... the market will rise because I know that Osama is hiding with the Marsians. Or... I hope we find aliens like that movie, "Mars Attacks"