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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. water-sign? by sl0ppy · · Score: 1, Troll

    as long as they don't find giant worms too, we're probably a-ok.

  2. Hydrogen == water? by KurdtX · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hmm... maybe it's just me, but in my high school science class, the equation went something like:

    2H + 0 = H20

    But then again, humans have never had problems breathing on alien planets in Star Trek!

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  3. With all that Hydrogen by Renraku · · Score: 0, Troll

    With all that hydrogen, that must be the reason why Mars is so high up...

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  4. Where theres water, theres life by HanzoSan · · Score: 0, Troll



    How much proof do we need that theres life on Mars?

    Rock with bacteria from Mars.
    Pyramids on Mars, Face, and now Ice?

    If theres water, theres life.

    I think its time we drill under the surface to check for life, alot of life on earth lives below the surface.

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