Water on Mars!

Go colonization! ...when we can afford it.

Yes, it's only water under the surface, and maybe a few extremophiles.

I love the photos captioned "white-light adjusted" by JPL. In other words- that's what Mars really looks like.

rhett7660 said:

Looks like we have found water on mars:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57604814/water-discovered-in-mars-surface-layer/

http://www.space.com/22949-mars-water-discovery-curiosity-rover.html

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Thanks for posting these links - this is absolutely fascinating stuff. Actually, I have been following Curiosity's mission with great interest, ever since it blasted off from Earth.

I thought we found water on mars like 5 years ago?

filmbuff said:

I thought we found water on mars like 5 years ago?

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I think that was more like 'this channel was totally cut by flowing water' as opposed to 'we could totally drink that'.

so if we bring a nuclear reactor to mars we can make large amounts of oxygen and hydrogen to sustain a mission and have fuel for cars, planes and the trip back.

cool, where can I sign up?

Here's something to feel genuinely proud to be a human being, rather than disappointment, and it should be Big News! So once again, disappointed that this isn't generating all the excitement it should.

Huntn said:

Go colonization! ...when we can afford it.

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Anytime. Just put it on the credit card with everything else .

Thanks for posting links. It’s seriously a Wow moment.

Mars is a surf paradise for aliens?

Keep digging.....

Quaid start the reactor

http://youtu.be/b_MM6aX0Fqs