Halliburton would get piece of Mars action - anyone surprised? - GoFuckYourself.com

ThunderBalls · 01-13-2004, 01:21 AM

http://www.petroleumnews.com/pnarch/010228-49.html

If there is life on Mars, it would probably be microorganisms in water deep below the surface of the planet. Dr. Geoffrey Briggs, director, Center for Mars Exploration at the NASA Ames Center, told ?Meet Alaska? that NASA is looking at ways to drill on Mars to look for water ? and the life it might contain.

Briggs said NASA has been working with Halliburton, Shell, Baker-Hughes and the Los Alamos National Laboratory to identify drilling technologies that might work on Mars.

The first goal, he said, would be ?to drill a hole down into the permafrost, maybe 100 meters as a trial of the technology; ultimately we want to go to several kilometers.?

The earliest drilling opportunity would be 2007, and one of the problems will be power. A very power-efficient system might cut out cores a meter at a time, Briggs said, perhaps grinding away at material needed to get the core at a rate of one core a day for hundreds of days.

Deeper drilling, into the multi-kilometer range, might occur as part of a 2014 Mars mission which would put astronauts on the planet to assist.

Los Alamos developed a melting tool intended for use in high-technical geothermal drilling, he said, and that?s one of the things NASA is looking at. The melting tool would also ?tend to sterilize the hole on the way down? which would help with the problem of contamination issues.

Halliburton and Baker-Hughes are working on some very advanced systems, Briggs said, some so advanced they aren?t willing to talk much about them. He said the NASA Ames Center relies on working with people in the industry who ?really understand the problems and make us face up to the realities ?

?We do appreciate,? he said, ?that this is a non-trivial activity.?

MadCap · 01-13-2004, 02:19 AM

not surprised those are some money making motherfuckers.

Greg B · 01-13-2004, 02:34 AM

There is no way in fuck they will find life on Mars. Nor any evidence of past life on Mars. It would fuck up too much fundamentalist political money.

You could have a 10ft martian show up on camera and it would still be denied.

Personally, all they're gonna find on Mars is rocks, dust, some frozen water and that's about that.

01-13-2004, 01:21 AM	#1
ThunderBalls So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mesosphere Posts: 2,926	Halliburton would get piece of Mars action - anyone surprised? http://www.petroleumnews.com/pnarch/010228-49.html If there is life on Mars, it would probably be microorganisms in water deep below the surface of the planet. Dr. Geoffrey Briggs, director, Center for Mars Exploration at the NASA Ames Center, told ?Meet Alaska? that NASA is looking at ways to drill on Mars to look for water ? and the life it might contain. Briggs said NASA has been working with Halliburton, Shell, Baker-Hughes and the Los Alamos National Laboratory to identify drilling technologies that might work on Mars. The first goal, he said, would be ?to drill a hole down into the permafrost, maybe 100 meters as a trial of the technology; ultimately we want to go to several kilometers.? The earliest drilling opportunity would be 2007, and one of the problems will be power. A very power-efficient system might cut out cores a meter at a time, Briggs said, perhaps grinding away at material needed to get the core at a rate of one core a day for hundreds of days. Deeper drilling, into the multi-kilometer range, might occur as part of a 2014 Mars mission which would put astronauts on the planet to assist. Los Alamos developed a melting tool intended for use in high-technical geothermal drilling, he said, and that?s one of the things NASA is looking at. The melting tool would also ?tend to sterilize the hole on the way down? which would help with the problem of contamination issues. Halliburton and Baker-Hughes are working on some very advanced systems, Briggs said, some so advanced they aren?t willing to talk much about them. He said the NASA Ames Center relies on working with people in the industry who ?really understand the problems and make us face up to the realities ? ?We do appreciate,? he said, ?that this is a non-trivial activity.?

01-13-2004, 02:19 AM	#2
MadCap Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: 137771650 Minneapolis MN Posts: 2,357	not surprised those are some money making motherfuckers.

01-13-2004, 02:34 AM	#3
Greg B So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: EARTH (for the time being) Posts: 7,014	There is no way in fuck they will find life on Mars. Nor any evidence of past life on Mars. It would fuck up too much fundamentalist political money. You could have a 10ft martian show up on camera and it would still be denied. Personally, all they're gonna find on Mars is rocks, dust, some frozen water and that's about that.