NASA: If There Was Life On Mars, It Was Likely Underground 59
coondoggie writes "NASA issued a study today that said if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting environments were most likely below the planet's surface. The hypothesis comes from analyzing tons of mineral data gathered over the years from more than 350 sites on Mars gathered by NASA and European Space Agency Mars space probes."
Sand Worms (Score:1)
nuff said
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I've always told people that our red neighbor is almost certainly fragrant of cinnamon.
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nuff said
It's too cold for sand worms. Besides, sand worms would have to contend with the Ice Warriors, and they'd probably find the waters of Mars to be rather inhospitable as well.
I feel a new meme coming on (Score:1)
Hipster UFO conspiracy theorist says "I was abducted and probed by Martians when they were still underground"
Wait. What?
reports all coming in from all from all over the w (Score:1)
reports all coming in from all from all over the world flying saucers are attacking from mars it's a attack from mars.
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reports all coming in from all from all over the world flying saucers are attacking from mars it's a attack from mars.
Why don't we just direct them to Uranus?
hipster martians (Score:2)
Hipster martians were totally underground, which is why you've never heard of them before
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Nicely done.
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Too bad the Playstation was more successful.
tons of mineral data (Score:3, Insightful)
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Yes, for a second there I kept reading that they had tons of marsian minerals and soil...
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curious timing... (Score:1)
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Since we're only a month into the new fiscal year, and debates for next years budget aren't anytime soon... time to adjust the tinfoil.
Niven had it (sort-of) right. (Score:1)
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Lets have a look.
[tappity][tappity][tappity]
Yup, his shrink is recommending anti-psychotics, heavy sedation, and chemical castration.
You don't want to know the rest of what's in his file. Really. [shivers]
Was underground? (Score:2)
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Or in boolean logic (NOT p) OR q.
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No-one ever expected to make money from NASA. They do from Ponzi schemes.
Wait a second... (Score:1)
The 3rd set of data supporting subsurface H20 ice (Score:5, Informative)
There was new data this year indicating subsurface water ice from two synthetic radars (SHARAD and MARSIS at different frequencies on two different landers).
They have estimates for the volume and placement of the ice as well.
http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/feats/2010/mars_glaciers.html [utexas.edu]
An original finding from 2002 based on a single Gamma Ray Spectrometer instrument showed excess Hydrogen...
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2002/28may_marsice/ [nasa.gov]
And now even more extensive results from long term surface studies... I find the recent subsurface radar measurements most compelling.
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indicating subsurface water ice from two synthetic radars
What other kind is there? :)
Other evidence (Score:2)
I have seen some photos from the Mars Explorer that clearly show Thoat, Calot, and Mad Zitidar tracks. Nasa refuses to acknowledge this. If you look at the pictures from the Valley Dor, just above the lost sea of Korus, it's obvious.
Am I the only one... (Score:2)
who thinks this was pretty obvious without a NASA funded study?
Obviously (Score:2)
Anyone who's ever played X-Com has known for years that the alien HQ on Mars was underground.
Time to hunt some Sectoids...
nearly every Earth well below 100C has life (Score:2)
final schedule Mars probe launches in 3 weeks (Score:2)
After a few more satellite observers in the pipeline for 2012, its looks very dismal for NASA's unmanned space progra
Basic hydraulic engineering (Score:2)
Well, obviously--canals are built below ground level.
i, for one (Score:2)
Welcome our new underground martian overlords!