another major announcement?

Alfons, in the comments here, points out that NASA is planning another announcement tomorrow. The last time they held one of these special press conferences was to announce their conclusions about the Eagle crater bedrock's watery formation. What are your predictions for this upcoming announcement?

My prediction is that it's one of these three (from likely to wildly unlikely):

One, The sedimentary rocks at Eagle crater were formed in a long-standing body of water (a lake or ocean). Two, Opportunity found current sub-surface liquid water. Three, fossil evidence of past life.

While we wait, check out Opportunity saying goodbye to the crater. Ohh, and he's put together a really nice panormama

update: Over at Mainly Martian, Oliver Morton also leans towards the sedimentary rock laid down in "a big old lake or sea". Thanks to Martian Soil for the pointer.

I'll try to break away from today's Mozilla BugDay for a few minutes to take some notes from the briefing and get them quickly posted. If you can't wait for the evening news to mangle the story or you don't trust the lame wire coverage, tune in here mid-day and I should have something posted.

Posted by asa at March 22, 2004 09:44 PM