Possible Active Glacier Found On Mars 143
FireFury03 writes "The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft has spotted an icy feature which appears to be a young active glacier. Dr Gerhard Neukum, chief scientist on the spacecraft's High Resolution Stereo Camera said 'We have not yet been able to see the spectral signature of water. But we will fly over it in the coming months and take measurements. On the glacial ridges we can see white tips, which can only be freshly exposed ice'. Estimates place the glacier at 10,000 — 100,000 years old."
Sweet! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Possible landing zone for a Mars Mission? (Score:5, Funny)
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Missing (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sweet! (Score:3, Funny)
Agreed 100%. Perhaps now my "Mars is made of meringue" hypothesis will finally be taken seriously!
Mars Ice "Premium" Bottled Water? (Score:5, Funny)
R&D: "We could make it a dilute 'blend' with filtered municipal tap water and disclose (in small print) that it is 'filtered for your purity'."
Marketing: "The bottle cost should be just under $0.05 each (with printing) and we could put on its side in BOLD TYPE: 'Contains REAL Mars Water' and actual unit cost could be $1000 each. Then we could spread a rumor that it has aphrodisiac properties, it worked for the rhinoceros horn market!"...
NASA Administration Plebe to NASA Director: "Sir, I think I have found a new way to raise REAL corporate money for our manned Mars missions..."
Re:Not a surprise. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Sweet! (Score:5, Funny)
It's not Duke Neukem, it's Doc Neukem.
Not News. (Score:3, Funny)
Now that's news.
Re:Possible landing zone for a Mars Mission? (Score:2, Funny)
Nasa already found water on mars (Score:2, Funny)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc_big.jpg [nasa.gov]