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Mars Odyssey Detects Signs of Water

Posted by michael on from the promising-news dept.

TheSync writes: "The BBC reports in an article that the Mars Odyssey spacecraft has detected large deposits of hydrogen at high latitudes using its neutron spectrometer. This may indicate significant water ice on the surface of Mars!"

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  1. Re:caps by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 4, Funny
    From what I can recall, haven't they known about ice caps on Mars for a while?

    Or is it just that they didn't know if it was *water* ice or not?

    Of course it's water ice. Why would the Martians go to the trouble of building a planet-wide canal system if there was no water to fill them up?

  2. Recalibrate by rbgaynor · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I could only figure out how to recalibrate my neutron spectrometer so it would detect beer (free) instead of water...

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