There´s water in mars ªºººº!!!!

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Ferd

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teH europeans said so!ºº
 
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Wait til they find out that Fanta has a secret underground factory there (you'd have to be martian to come up with all the new flavours they have ;) ).
 
Zarkazm

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I think what Ferd really meant to say is that these are the first actual photographs of water on Mars.
 
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The area is 100 km across, with a resolution of 12 m per pixel, and shows a channel (Reull Vallis) once formed by flowing water.
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Once formed or formed [and currently filled with ice]?
 
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I guess so. Once formed by flowing water, now filled with frozen water.
 
das_ben

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That's pretty exciting then. If that's true it probably is one of the most important discoveries of this decade, maybe even century.
 
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Um, I can't think of any either, but I think there must have been some that were more important than 'if we manage to figure out how to get astronauts to make a six-month journey in a cramped spaceship without going insane, then get them to land on a planet with no oxygen and very little heat, they will at least be able to get some fresh water if they can land on the South Pole and bring along a flamethrower to melt it'.

It's obviously a very exciting discovery if you're involved in space, but what good does it do us? It doesn't mean there's life, and if there is any life I still don't see what use it is.
 
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if we manage to figure out how to get astronauts to make a six-month journey in a cramped spaceship without going insane, then get them to land on a planet with no oxygen and very little heat, they will at least be able to get some fresh water if they can land on the South Pole and bring along a flamethrower to melt it'.
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Radiation is the major obstacle to a manned mars mission I think. Also, it is hot on mars, during the "day" anyway. And Isnt there oxygen in water? I read somewhere about cool stuff they could do with a water source on the planet surface. Ill try to dig up a link. Its a huge part of the requirements for an eventual settlement.
 
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MetalMickey said:
Radiation is the major obstacle to a manned mars mission I think. Also, it is hot on mars, during the "day" anyway. And Isnt there oxygen in water? I read somewhere about cool stuff they could do with a water source on the planet surface. Ill try to dig up a link. Its a huge part of the requirements for an eventual settlement.
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Of course theres Oxygen in water :) H2O... an oxygen molecule for every 2 hydrogens. I think they can split up water molecules to make O2 (oxygen gas) and use the extra hydrogens for other stuff, like making marshmallow cream pies and ****. Then they can terraform the planet into a habitable one over hundreds/thousands of years of stuff after the introduction of anaerobic bacteria and then cyanobacteria and other prokaryotes that contribute to the formation of an atmosphere that sustains life :) Amazing stuff :tup:
 
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