There are no oceans or rivers or lakes like there are on Earth. But new research garnered from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Odyssey missions reveal an array of water ice deposits that could greatly aid future human exploration endeavors. The new research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, revealed two large bands – or belts – of water ice located less than one meter below the Martian surface around Mars’ polar regions. The depth of this water ice ranges from 2.3 centimeters (1 inch) to 0.8 meters (or just under 3 feet). For the deposits located 2.5 centimeters under...