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Lots of Ice On Mars
Total Recall writes: "The Mars Odyssey spacecraft is finding large
amounts of hydrogen in the southern hemisphere of
Mars. This strongly indicates the presence of
water ice (since H2O is both common and very stable). The data samples about the upper meter or so of the Martian surface. This apparently extends from the south polar cap up to about 60 south latitude. It suggests a permafrost of mixed ice and dirt."
great, now we're planning on depleting the resources of yet another planet
--rock me like a huricane? NO rock you
Who would have thought? Well, half right, at least. Or, should I say, half-assed right?
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same
distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures
where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that
means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 8/11/89
A few years ago after NASA first concluded there may be water on Mars (from the patterns in the hillsides), I put this up, with toungue half in cheek: http://www.marshydro.com. I wonder how much people would pay to drink the stuff? If people will pay $100,000 (on eBay) for a Segway, what will they pay for bottled Mars water bought back from missions?
O'WONDERWe're working on it.
Did you know the the US Government and President Eisenhower believed. that the Martian moon Phobos was actually a hollow artificial moon created by an alien species, yet they hid this news from the American people. What else are they hiding?
Well, the death star was long ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Various pieces could have been flung on a trajectory taking it into the sun, or even into the Yucatan peninsula - killing off all the dinosaurs... but that's just another deranged theory.
- passion