Now We Know

 Now we mere mortal peasants and assorted untermensch get to know what, exactly, is inside Mars. Certainly seems like the sort of thing that gets brought up almost daily in water cooler conversations just about anywhere. So and down to the brass tacks of the matter. Inside Mars is a concoction of creamy nougat, caramel, and then milk chocolate. Yep. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California working in conjunction with the Imperial College London, U.K. and one Constantinos Charlambous of Imperial College and Charlambous wrote the paper published August 28, 2025 in the Journal Science and there you go. If that isn't about enough intellectual bravado to convince even the most doubtful of non-believers, well, I'm not certain what else could convince people. I mean this is NASA and brainiacs at work in the cerebral halls of an Imperial College in London, U.K. no less. This is indeed some heady bullshit no doubt. So ... back in 2022, NASA had placed the InSight lander on the surface of Mars and the InSight planted a seismometer on Mars' surface and the seismometer was not your run of the mill seismometer no it was not. This sensor was an "extremely sensitive instrument that recorded 1,319 marsquakes before NASA ended the mission in 2022." The Mars interior is lumpy and red which seems axiomatic and juxtapositional given the nature of all the sales that Mars enjoys almost daily by creamy nougat, caramel, and milk chocolate lovers the world over. And how in hell did NASA and Imperial College London get seismometers on every dang Mars bar the world over. Again with the 'world over' schtick. So you see there is a serious lesson to be learned from all this science stuff over one really tasty candy bar. 1,319 marsquakes aside, that still does not explain how the whiz science kids determined that the interior of Mars was red. I've eaten plenty of Mars bars over my lifetime and creamy nougat and caramel with milk chocolate is NOT red. Not even close. Now for some Saturday machine art and I'm heading for the cupboard and my secret stash of milk chocolate. 

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I do enjoy the interactions I have with the brainy people. The brainy types among us tend to be just a tad stuffy, egomaniacal, uptight, and seriously lacking in any sort of comedic skills. 😏