Mounting Evidence for Water on Mars

Kent Simon writes "Space.com has an interesting article discussing new evidence from the mars rovers that shows there may really be Water on Mars."

Title a bit sexual?

[Anonymous Coward]

"Evidence Mounts, But Scientists Remain Tight-Lipped"

Come on, somebody get that copywriter laid before he sublimates again.

Re:Tell news

[jolyonr]

Yep, just like that other NASA falsehood that the Spirit rover dug the first artificial hole in Mars recently, when we know that the European Beagle lander did that late last year.

Jolyon

Great...

[Wiser87]

Close-up photos of soil and rock have also shown thread-like features and even an oddly shaped object that looks like Rotini pasta.

Now I'm thirsty and hungry!

great!

[Anonymous Coward]

(insert default opportunistic company to sell useless Mars water products... and somehow profit)

-tEd

Of course there is water!

[CrystalChronicles]

I've seen the canals with my trusty telescope!

It's easy

[farnerup]

mars# mount /dev/evidence /mnt/water

Which taxpayer payed this much?

[Anonymous Shepard]

"There are lots of geologists out there who are looking at these pictures and they are starting to drool," Haldeman said. "The American taxpayer that spent $800 million on this deserves a thorough analysis," Haldeman said.

Which taxpayer payed this much?

maybe a bit early

[Anonymous Coward]

but you never know, so I, for one, welcome our new mars overlords.

If they have oil, then the Martians are fecked*

[dwalsh]

*Idiomatic Irish variation on an Anglo Saxon word.

Wheres my Giant Shrimp!

[servoled]

Damn those lazy NASA engineers. The February 29th cut off date [ljsilvers.com] has come and gone and they have yet make an official declaration of an ocean on Mars. What the hell have they been doing over there? Moving the rover 10 ft at a time, spending days just to get the damn thing off the landing platform, pathetic. There must be some shady deal going on between them and Long John Silver's [ljsilvers.com] to move really slowly to not have to tell the world that they found an ocean so they can share all of the free giant shrimp between themselves. This article just confirms it. Obviously they have enough evidence to proclaim that Mars is a big ocean, yet they don't because it would cut into their giant shrimp profits. Scandal I say!

Re:It's easy

[good(k)night]

can't do that..
i've tryed ssh mars and got:

ssh: connect to mars port 22: No route to host

anyone have been there?

Frequently unanswered questions

[Anonymous Coward]

Why should humans go to Mars?
Because humans need new destinations and ever-expanding horizons.
Because going to Mars will inspire the nation's youth.

I hope they didnt stay up all night answering their frequently asked questions.

Artificial life?

[nfabl]

Wouldn't it be better to find the real thing?

Re:Great...

[Bigman]

Mmm and everyone knows that to cook pasta you need brine.

So the moon is made of cheese, and mars is made of pasta. I suppose that's why the earth is populated by carbonara based life forms..

*bom-chi*

Re:Great...

[njcoder]

"scientists are carefully piecing together a compelling historical portrait of a wet and wild world."

There trying to keep it a secret but apparently they found a bikini top and a condom wrapper.

Re:It may have water

[Bigman]

What? So does that mean Martians are blonde?

Re:Which taxpayer payed this much?

[Albanach]

That'll just be the sales tax on space.com's bandwidth bill after a couple of mentions on /.

Costneresque title of article

[Zog The Undeniable]

If Mars really is a "Waterworld", we'll invest vast amounts of money in it but no people will ever go to see it. Oh wait...

"I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards"

[Genza]

I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards

It only makes sense, considering the red sky and blue sunset [slashdot.org].

On Mars, er-- In Soviet Russia, the umbrella wears YOU!

Re:Which taxpayer payed this much?

[Jugalator]

Haldeman is probably also right in that the taxpayer deserves a thorough analysis.

No one said..

[Channard]

Ryleh had to be on Earth. I for one quiver with fear at our new Lovecraftian masters' sub-aquatic subterranian resting place.

Meanwhile, in other news, a special report from Scotland - batter found on Mars.

Precious Martian Fluids

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course the rovers' instruments are limited in their ability to identify substances.. what is the freezing point of beer? Those spherules look suspiciously like froth, and there is more CO2 in the atmosphere than can be accounted for..

Re:No one said..

[Anonymous Coward]

subterranian

Submartian.

singing in the rain

[lemody]

> I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards," he said.

I wonder if they are smoking some pot in Maryland... :)

Re:What's so great about water!?

[bdeclerc]

That's jellyfish, humans are about 70% water (and 30% bullshit...)

Re:Tell news

[snake_dad]

I say the Soviet Mars 2 mission [ucar.edu] dug the first hole :)

Commercial exploitation, here we come..

[Channard]

So how long before a commercial entity gets up there, and starts mining the water? You can look foward to Pepsi Space Age - selling at $200 a bottle - or Eau Du Mars - $1000 a bottle.

Re:Tell news

[yiantsbro]

You're right, as Americans we didn't make many of the products/services you use today... ...we made many of the products/services you use today better.

(actually don't know if this series of commercials plays outside the US--so the joke might be lost)

a conversation somewhere near Alpha Centauri...

[argStyopa]

"...and I say that we should wipe them out before they cause any more trouble. Their incessant broadcasting in practically every frequency gives me headaches every time we pass that system. I tell you, they are galactic trailer trash."

"OK, tell you what. We'll let them develop without interference. We'll take that dead world nearest them, and sprinkle it around with some single-celled organisms. Once they start exploring, they'll find the organisms, and THEN - when confronted with an entirely defenseless foreign life form - we'll see their true moral character."

"Deal."

Re:What is BB ?

[keep_it_simple_stupi]

That's funny - I was thinking bowling ball. Could you imagine walking off a lander onto the surface of Mars only to see 16 lb. balls hurling around through the air? :)

Re:Be careful what you wish for

[BigBadBri]

Oh, fuck.

You can't seriously use Star Trek as your examples in a rational debate, can you?

Just because most of America uses a bunch of 6th century BC myths added to by 2nd century spin doctoring to run their lives doesn't mean that an appeal to the Gospel of Roddenberry is an acceptable debating tactic.

Re:Of course there is water!

[Hektor_Troy]

There's only one 't' in rusty.

Re:What is this all about?

[JackMonkey]

Frankly, I don't worship any God, but if there is a Martian one I'd sure like to know its name.

My guess would be Mars [pantheon.org]. :-p