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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...