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Mud on Mars: Look for Life in Russell Crater

Posted by michael on from the see-what-you-want-to-see dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mars Global Surveyor satellite images show mud may have flowed on Mars as recently as the last 100 years. The place is called Russell Crater, in the southern hemisphere. Water would exist during summer noon, long enough to carve out the embankments and dams that make these patterns different from rocky avalanches. The BBC has an interview."

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  1. The BBC has an interview. by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

    They interviewed a crater?

    1. Re:The BBC has an interview. by Keith+Russell · · Score: 3, Funny

      I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything.

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  2. A new MUD! Great! by AtariAmarok · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just the other day I read on Slashdot how Everquest was wiping out all the MUDs. It is heartening to find out about a new one, on Mars even!

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    1. Re:A new MUD! Great! by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, but the latency to Mars is a killer...

  3. BBC interview with the Mars Global Surveyor by Tumbleweed · · Score: 2, Funny

    BBC: "So, Mars Global Surveyor, that name is a handful. May I call you Mars?, please, Mars, tell us what you have discovered."

    MGS: "No, you may not call me Mars. That is a planet. My name is 'Mars Global Surveyor.' I have discovered mud. On Mars. The planet. A brain the size of a planet, and what do they have me doing? Out taking pictures of mud."

    BBC: "Well, you certainly seem to know where your towel is!
    That's it from the BBC, so long and thanks for all the fish!"

    MGS: *groan*

  4. Re:Saxifrage Russell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Shhhh! Keep your voice down, or UNOMA or the TA will know where he is...