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Mounting Evidence for Water on Mars

Posted by michael on from the BEM dept.

Kent Simon writes "Space.com has an interesting article discussing new evidence from the mars rovers that shows there may really be Water on Mars."

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  1. Title a bit sexual? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Evidence Mounts, But Scientists Remain Tight-Lipped"


    Come on, somebody get that copywriter laid before he sublimates again.

  2. Great... by Wiser87 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Close-up photos of soil and rock have also shown thread-like features and even an oddly shaped object that looks like Rotini pasta.

    Now I'm thirsty and hungry!
    1. Re:Great... by Bigman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Mmm and everyone knows that to cook pasta you need brine.

      So the moon is made of cheese, and mars is made of pasta. I suppose that's why the earth is populated by carbonara based life forms..

      *bom-chi*

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  3. Of course there is water! by CrystalChronicles · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've seen the canals with my trusty telescope!

  4. Which taxpayer payed this much? by Anonymous+Shepard · · Score: 5, Funny

    "There are lots of geologists out there who are looking at these pictures and they are starting to drool," Haldeman said. "The American taxpayer that spent $800 million on this deserves a thorough analysis," Haldeman said.

    Which taxpayer payed this much?

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    1. Re:Which taxpayer payed this much? by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

      Haldeman is probably also right in that the taxpayer deserves a thorough analysis.

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  5. If they have oil, then the Martians are fecked* by dwalsh · · Score: 4, Funny

    *Idiomatic Irish variation on an Anglo Saxon word.

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  6. Wheres my Giant Shrimp! by servoled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn those lazy NASA engineers. The February 29th cut off date has come and gone and they have yet make an official declaration of an ocean on Mars. What the hell have they been doing over there? Moving the rover 10 ft at a time, spending days just to get the damn thing off the landing platform, pathetic. There must be some shady deal going on between them and Long John Silver's to move really slowly to not have to tell the world that they found an ocean so they can share all of the free giant shrimp between themselves. This article just confirms it. Obviously they have enough evidence to proclaim that Mars is a big ocean, yet they don't because it would cut into their giant shrimp profits. Scandal I say!

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  7. Artificial life? by nfabl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't it be better to find the real thing?

  8. Re:It may have water by Bigman · · Score: 4, Funny

    What? So does that mean Martians are blonde?

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  9. Costneresque title of article by Zog+The+Undeniable · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Mars really is a "Waterworld", we'll invest vast amounts of money in it but no people will ever go to see it. Oh wait...

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  10. "I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards" by Genza · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards

    It only makes sense, considering the red sky and blue sunset.

    On Mars, er-- In Soviet Russia, the umbrella wears YOU!

  11. singing in the rain by lemody · · Score: 5, Funny

    > I wonder on Mars if it can rain upwards," he said.

    I wonder if they are smoking some pot in Maryland... :)

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  12. Re:What's so great about water!? by bdeclerc · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's jellyfish, humans are about 70% water (and 30% bullshit...)

  13. a conversation somewhere near Alpha Centauri... by argStyopa · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...and I say that we should wipe them out before they cause any more trouble. Their incessant broadcasting in practically every frequency gives me headaches every time we pass that system. I tell you, they are galactic trailer trash."

    "OK, tell you what. We'll let them develop without interference. We'll take that dead world nearest them, and sprinkle it around with some single-celled organisms. Once they start exploring, they'll find the organisms, and THEN - when confronted with an entirely defenseless foreign life form - we'll see their true moral character."

    "Deal."

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