Flowing Water Discovered on Mars

Dolphy writes "BBC News has the latest big scoop on the Mars phenomenon. Researcher Tahirih Motazedian apparently uncovered proof quite some time ago of flowing water and surface change on Mars."

First water...

[chill]

How long before they find the first Martian Starbucks? Probably right next to the McDonald's and Walmart.

Re:Terraforming wont be so hard after all..

[pyrote]

ya, just release some alge or other brackish tolerant plant and wait a few million/billion years.

Of course its there

[gowen]

It even has a name. In Martian the word "Grok" means "to know", "to eat", "body" and, of course "water".

M. V. Smith

PS: Anyone want to join my weird telepathic sex cult?

Things we could do with the water...

[jade42]

1. Beach resort
2. Evaporate it for salt
3. Water fights
4. Endless discussion about life on Mars
5. Experiments to see if fish could live on Mars

In the exalted words of our esteemed former VP...

[Anonymous Coward]

"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."

- Vice President Dan Quayle, 8/11/89

Oil :P

[Anonymous Coward]

That black stuff looks more like oil to me... Maybe mr. Bush will rush to Mars next.

Re:Don't Really Know If It's There Or Not...

[Crossplatform]

When you say "send a probe" do mean sending a million dollar toy hurttling into the surface of mars. Or did you mean land it this time? However in all seriousness true no volume of pictures will substitute for being there

Re:First water...

[Anonymous Coward]

French fries, or "freedom" fries?

Water? Pfft.

[x136]

Water? Look at the pictures. It's obviously the black oil from The X-Files.

Martians are tasty - let's invade and eat THEM!

[madmarcel]

1) salt
2) water
3) lifeforms (i.e. alien bugs)
4) ????

5) profit

This oughta be pretty obvious ;^)

Re:First water...

[mestoph]

whats the odds on that. Just logging on to check on mail and news and /. and finding the first thing you read is about starbucks. While sitting in a starbucks, am i on mars atm. Its that early in the morning i'm not quite sure to be honest. Need more coffee i guess :)

Re:I don't want life on Mars

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah. The US would claim they're in league with the terrorists and blow them up.

Showers and baths

[Anonymous Coward]

You'd hope there's water to shower with... after travelling for 6 months to get there I'd hate to be your fellow astronaut or even cosmonaut!

Re:Of course its there

[10Ghz]

Anyone want to join my weird telepathic sex cult?

Hmmmm... I find your ideas intriguing and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter...

Re:I don't want life on Mars

[Matimus]

If we colonize Mars, the Native Martians get screwed, and then we will start to feel sorry and let them open up casinos to make up for it.

Who cares?

[DeBaas]

Do they have beer? That's the question

Re:I don't want life on Mars

[sql*kitten]

Going to Mars would probably suck. For example, I think living in Anarctica sounds a lot better. I predict the population of Mars will never exceed that of Antarctica.

You know, the Spanish empire ignored North America because it thought it was just a useless, barren wasteland. I can imagine them saying something similar. The Moon is a like Antarctica, Mars is more like northern Canada - difficult, but liveable.

Re:Of course its there

[big_gibbon]

PS: Anyone want to join my weird telepathic sex cult?

You already know the answer

P

Re:Terraforming wont be so hard after all..

[johnkoer]

Mars is constantly leaking gases

Sounds like my dad after a couple of burritos

Re:Oil :P

[stephenb]

We cannot go to war with the oil-rich Martians, even though their dictator may have Weapons of Mass Destruction. Won't someone think of the poor Martian children?

Re:Terraforming wont be so hard after all..

[morgajel]

ok, thanks for the list-
now we just gorra remember to bring the following with us:

• one of jupiter's moons to add mass and hence gravity
  
• a bunch of magnets
  
• a bigass bomb
  
• longjohns
  

thanks for the info, I'll get back to ya:)

Re:I don't want life on Mars

[Trogre]

Don't worry,

I have it on good authority that the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one.

Re:Water's not the only liquid in universe

[W32.Klez.A]

Obviously, Hubble has a flash.

Re:I don't want life on Mars

[Zak3056]

I predict the population of Mars will never exceed that of Antarctica.

And I predict that no one will ever need more than 640k.... oh, wait...

Re:Water's not the only liquid in universe

[kinnell]

Human experiments to use alcohol instead are rarely successful for very long.

But it's fun trying!

Re:Things we could do with the water...

[JCholewa]

> 6. "Miss Wet T-Shirt" competitions...?

At sixty degrees below freezing, you'd kill all the contestants.

I like my skimpily-dressed women alive, thank you.

-JC

I just have one thing to tell you...

[Jace of Fuse!]

I just have one thing to tell you...

It's not water... ...It's Pepsi twist... ...and that's not Mars you're looking at...

The sound of unzipping...

pack a bowl

[EvilStein]

Water on Mars? Woah...that might make some really kick ass bong water!

first paper mill?

[jessemckinney]

How long before the first paper mill?

Re:Water's not the only liquid in universe

[Anonymous Coward]

Take a dish of water and put it under vacuum. See how it boils? That's lower pressure causing boiling at lower tempurature, son.

Hmmm, mine's not boiling. Do I have to plug the vacuum in first? Hmmm, no change.

Natalie Portman

[jabber01]

Mostly naked, and effectively petrified!

Re:More advanced probes are going there.

[Mythias]

Coming next season on Comedy Central: Battlebots on Mars!

Watch as the US and Europe clash in combat as their Martian rovers battle for planetary supremacy!