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Mars Had Surface Water for Eons

Posted by michael on from the splish-splash-i-was-taking-a-bath dept.

LukePieStalker writes "Far from being a one-time event, it now appears that surface water flowed on Mars for eons. Nasa has announced that, after descending down further into the Endurance crater, the Opportunity rover has found a 'razorback'. It is believed that this was formed by 'fracture fill' from the minerals in percolating water. Since this feature extends through several geologic layers, it argues for a long period of wetness near the surface. This would seem to substantially increase the chance that life once existed on the red planet."

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  1. hmm by hoborocks · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is slashdot getting slashdotted? it's hard to get here sometimes....

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  2. Moderators, don't be asinine. by pclminion · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Yes, it's offtopic. But I'm sure there are at least 300,000 of us who want to know what the fuck is going on.

    Where do you SUGGEST we ask?

    I reiterate the parent's question: What the FUCK is going on with Slashdot?

    1. Re:Moderators, don't be asinine. by pclminion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'm not asking them to answer, I'm asking them to let the question remain visible at least for a few minutes so that somebody who does know might see it and tell us. It's not that complicated.

  3. Re:Fantastic! by slungsolow · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't think people would be as excited if they found trojans on uranus.

  4. Re:I wonder if the scientist who first noticed thi by geomon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thank you for your apology.

    One piece of friendly advice: You shouldn't let anything on this site bother you that much.

    Of course the humor on Slashdot is sophomoric. It is frequented by people whose average age is bracketed by sophomores (high school to college).

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