It is the weekend and I give my brain a break and post fun stuff that will either entertain or irritate…..I spend so much time during the week trying to solve the probl;ems of a troubled world that the weekend is mine and for fun and posting fun stuff…..

Mission To Mars…not the movie with Gary Sinese but rather a “real” mission to Mars…….we humans are fascinated with the Red Planet (another movie reference….I cannot stop myself)……..maybe now we can get some answers to those big questions in life……like…is there really a Princess and some dude named John Carter…….but seriously……

(AP) – NASA’s newest robotic explorer, Maven, rocketed toward Mars today on a quest to unravel the ancient mystery of the red planet’s radical climate change. The Maven spacecraft is due at Mars next fall following a journey of more than 440 million miles. Scientists want to know why Mars went from being warm and wet during its first billion years to cold and dry today. The early Martian atmosphere was thick enough to hold water and possibly support microbial life. But much of that atmosphere may have been lost to space, eroded by the sun.

Maven set off through a cloudy sky this afternoon in its effort to provide answers. An unmanned Atlas V rocket put the spacecraft on the proper course for Mars, and launch controllers applauded and shook hands over the success. An estimated 10,000 NASA guests gathered for the launch, the most exciting one of the year from Cape Canaveral. The University of Colorado at Boulder, which is leading the Maven effort, was represented by a couple thousand people. “We’re just excited right now and hoping for the best,” said the university’s Bruce Jakosky, principal scientist for Maven

Hopefully they will report all findings and maybe the MSM could take a break from trashing Obamacare, which should still be in the news at touchdown date…..we can only hope….

Thoughts?