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Discovery of ice fuels speculation about Martian life
The Daily Texan ^
| 09/14/09
| Nehal Patel
Posted on 09/14/2009 4:49:23 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Mars, Earths arid red neighbor, may have had a more active past than previously believed.
UT research scientist John Holt and his team have found large reserves of ice buried under rock near the mid-latitudes of Mars, which could mean the planet was once flowing with water.
We havent found any evidence of liquid water on Mars yet, said Holt, who presented his findings Friday. But it is a possibility.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; mars; space; xplanets
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posted on
09/14/2009 4:49:50 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Can't Stop the Signal!)
To: KevinDavis
Very significant
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posted on
09/14/2009 4:51:53 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: KevinDavis
The important thing is that it makes sustaining a manned outpost there much simpler.
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posted on
09/14/2009 4:53:55 PM PDT
by
marron
To: marron
Yes — and not just for the sustainability of an outpost. The water can be used to manufacture fuel for return trips.
To: KevinDavis
Gotta dig deeper, lots deeper.
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posted on
09/14/2009 5:00:53 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: cripplecreek
Titan has oceans of hydrocarbons, can’t you use that to make fuel?
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posted on
09/14/2009 5:12:58 PM PDT
by
Mmogamer
(<This space for lease>)
To: Mmogamer
By the time you get to Titan you’re looking at that fuel costing thousands if not millions of dollars per gallon if you plan to ship it back to earth.
That isn’t to say that it will be useless but its a looooong way down the rd.
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posted on
09/14/2009 5:16:17 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
09/14/2009 5:24:54 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: cripplecreek
We’ll never know until we go there, and geologists start working.
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posted on
09/14/2009 5:53:34 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: KevinDavis
The “ice” is probably dry ice (frozen CO2). The main component of the martian atmosphere is CO2 and it the whole planet freezes every night.
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posted on
09/14/2009 6:00:18 PM PDT
by
Mogollon
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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posted on
09/14/2009 6:39:45 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: KevinDavis
To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis
Thanks for the ping. I’d very much like to be on this ping list; very interesting.
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posted on
09/14/2009 9:25:01 PM PDT
by
odds
To: Mogollon
While this news is months or more old, and the article quoted does not say specifically, the compound is H2O, not dry ice. Discovery made by mars polar lander.
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09/15/2009 2:55:19 AM PDT
by
PIF
To: odds
Heh... this is one of the four you joined yesterday. :’) I think you’re only the second FReeper to join all four at the same time. Y’know, willingly...
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09/15/2009 6:28:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/16/2009 7:29:33 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv; KevinDavis; RadioAstronomer
Everyone knows there is life on Mars. How else could H.G. Wells have written his book? He KNEW!!!!
:laughing uncontrollably:
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posted on
09/16/2009 7:36:49 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
To: Monkey Face
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:49:54 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
(You love me and you know it!!)
:dying, here:
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posted on
09/17/2009 4:56:59 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I wear a yellow ribbon for ForgotenKnight, my army hero grandson.)
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