water found on mars

[stoobar]

interesting to say the least.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7536123.stm

Nasa's Phoenix lander spacecraft has for the first time identified water in a sample of soil collected from the planet's surface.

Scientists will now be able to begin studying the sample to see whether the planet was ever, or is, habitable.

This is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted

discuss

 

[Combat squirrel]

Personally in awe of it, its prob not a big thing to most people, but water, the most unique of compounds previously only found on earth, has now been found on another planet? Very encouraging, damn good going for our 1st stop on humanities exploration to find water.

 

[Phate]

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THEY'RE HEEERRRE

 

[Morlan]

I still find it hard to believe.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Some say it was actually Chuck Norrises saliva

 

[arknor]

Personally in awe of it, its prob not a big thing to most people, but water, the most unique of compounds previously only found on earth, has now been found on another planet? Very encouraging, damn good going for our 1st stop on humanities exploration to find water.

ice comets arent made of water?

 

[Combat squirrel]

ice comets arent made of water?

Personally in awe of it, its prob not a big thing to most people, but water, the most unique of compounds previously only found on earth, has now been found on another planet? Very encouraging, damn good going for our 1st stop on humanities exploration to find water.

If you know your space science, ok 'ice comets' are one thing, but another planet containing it is another.

 

[Radiation]

Not really, water is pretty common, i would be surprised if they didn't find any.

 

[gillywibble]

Everyone needs a pee.

 

[Snakedoctor]

Europa is encased in ice. Good that they found it though.

 

[aslco]

Its actually oil, and were going to have big pipelines from mars to us.

 

[Cybermyk]

Its actually oil, and were going to have big pipelines from mars to us.

Ahh so this is why Centrica put their prices up

 

[arknor]

If you know your space science, ok 'ice comets' are one thing, but another planet containing it is another.

, but water, the most unique of compounds previously only found on earth, has now been found on another planet?

 

[RetiredGreyFox]

If I click on that link and its a glass of water on top of a Mars Bar I'll be rather vexxed.

 

[Pumpkinstew]

Personally in awe of it, its prob not a big thing to most people, but water, the most unique of compounds previously only found on earth, has now been found on another planet? Very encouraging, damn good going for our 1st stop on humanities exploration to find water.

Some people would say the ruddy great ice caps were a dead giveaway that water ice would be found in the topsoil.

Now if ammonia had been detected that would be a big story.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars#Ammonia_on_Mars

 

[Tefal]

the ice caps are CO2 iirc

 

[Cr0fty]

I turn on my taps and there is water how is this a big deal?



*waits*

 

[Tefal]

I turn on my taps and there is water how is this a big deal?



*waits*

HOLY **** A MARTIAN!

 

[Pumpkinstew]

the ice caps are CO2 iirc

The South was thought to be (which that is an image of) but that's now chnaged.

The uncovering of an apparent error in atmospheric models of Mars dating back more than three decades suggests that both of the permanently frozen polar caps are made mostly of water ice and contain very little frozen carbon dioxide.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_ice_030213.html

 

[Sheff]

I heard on Radio 1 news earlier that the water from mars tastes nice.