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Title: Water on Mars
Post by: Sandman on March 14, 2003, 10:25:27 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2846897.stm

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: hawk220 on March 14, 2003, 10:27:39 AM

that is cool!

it would be a big step towards colonizing.

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: midnight Target on March 14, 2003, 10:33:17 AM

cosmic skid marks.

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: ra on March 14, 2003, 10:36:06 AM

Now all Mars needs is barley and hops and we're in business.

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: Tuomio on March 14, 2003, 12:03:44 PM

This thing has been semi-obvious since the mars global surveyor pictures from the orbit. I think the only real question has been, where did the liquid water go and when.

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: Rasker on March 14, 2003, 12:07:41 PM

theres a good deal of surface ice thats been found in the Moon's polar craters.  That will be important for life support purposes as well as for rocket fuel when we get around to building permanent colonies up there.  The Moon is probably a logical place for our primary launching point, since the lower escape velocity means cheaper launches than from an Earth base.

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: udet on March 14, 2003, 02:27:58 PM

I take a leak on top of the volcano and now it gets to this. Jeez!!!

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: X2Lee on March 14, 2003, 02:42:58 PM

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Originally posted by Tuomio
This thing has been semi-obvious since the mars global surveyor pictures from the orbit. I think the only real question has been, where did the liquid water go and when.

Theres ice on the poles and there are pictures that I think is some kind of plant life. And then that cool face on mars

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: Animal on March 14, 2003, 03:44:40 PM

I wouldnt recomend you drink that water.

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: AWMac on March 14, 2003, 04:02:22 PM

Yeah what Animal just said...  ya could end up with one BAD case
of the Galactical Trots!   :( :eek:

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: Eaglecz on March 14, 2003, 04:04:38 PM

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Originally posted by hawk220
that is cool!

it would be a big step towards colonizing.

that would be big reason to study mars, but not colonizing it

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: Eaglecz on March 14, 2003, 04:05:38 PM

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Originally posted by Animal
I wouldnt recomend you drink that water.

naaa you only need to warm it up a bit and then you can drink it... ... can you set up fire there ? : ))

Title: Water on Mars
Post by: Rasker on March 14, 2003, 04:07:11 PM

The ice caps appear to be frozen carbon dioxide, "dry ice".  There are interesting dark areas around each icecap that expand during the local sping and summer tho.