Posted on 09/28/2015 8:53:15 AM PDT by lbryce
Right now, 140 million miles away, somewhere on the frigid surface of Mars, there is water forming. Scientists announced they have strong evidence that briny water flows on the planet, a critical step toward identifying possible life on Mars.
“Water is essential to life as we know it,” wrote Lujendra Ojha, Mary Beth Wilhelm, and their co-authors in a paper published Monday in Nature Geoscience. “The presence of liquid water on Mars today has astrobiological, geologic and hydrologic implications and may affect future human exploration.”
If this announcement, which NASA billed as “major” in the days leading up to it, sounds not altogether new, it’s because scientists have been obsessing over the water on Mars for decades. (The sight of ice volcanoes on Pluto this summer had scientists similarly elated.) Astrobiologists have long suspected that Mars was at least partially covered in water at one time—markings on the planet indicate the presence of ancient streambeds. A billion years ago, scientists believe the planet may have had a roiling, primitive ocean.
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LOL!
He did, didn't he?
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.
In fact, it's cold as Hell.
He was on Mars when it was first discovered.
Also heard he almost drowned in it.
What will we do there? A hundred and forty million miles away, are we going to mine? Are we going to farm?
Besides, the first manned flight “to” Mars would likely be a death mission. Notice I didn't say fly to and from?
One small glitch, whether it be Firm/software, mechanical, pneumatic will doom a mission such as this.
I dunno, just me I guess, but I don't see the need to spend billions to fly men out to Mars.
Better keep the EPA away from Mars, then.
Water Is Flowing on Mars...
EPA moves to regulate
I’m with you. People who can look at a few bone fragments and purport to tell you what manner of skin the creature had, what color it was and if it had feathers now find water on Mars. Okay. I’m underwhelmed.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I
Rumor has it that the Martians surrendered after seeing this Shatner video.
The presence of ice has been known for sometime (even polar caps and glaciers). The significance here is the presence of liquid water and it’s implications in the search for life.
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.
In fact, it's cold as Hell.
Well, there's no one there to raise them,
if you did
To get the Martian climate to warm up we should air drop a couple of SUVs on Mars.
In a related item, the EPA has just claimed jurisdiction to regulate the Martian surface...
A million times saltier than the Dead Sea ?
But do they allow immigration freely?
Need to sick the EPA on them.
I can grok it
With all that flowing water, we can spend a few trillion dollars to send astronauts to Mars to establish a permanent colony.
Of course, in somewhat less than eight million years Phobos will reach its Roche limit, split apart, and crash into Mars. So astronauts will need to hold on to that return ticket.
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