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Vast Subsurface Martian Ice Discovered

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i've-got-you-under-my-skin dept.

The Fun Guy writes to tell us New Scientist is reporting that deep-scan radar results from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft have revealed vast amounts of subsurface ice. From the article: "Intriguingly, the signal reflected from the bottom of the crater is so strong and appears so flat that it may be liquid water. 'If you put water there, that's what the signal might look like,' Johnson told New Scientist. But he cautions the data is based on only one pass over the region and could be caused by another material."

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  1. a big f**king drill by Filthysock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The implications is that to release the water you need to drill down 1.5km or possibly 2.5 to get to the liquid.
    Doing that on another planet would probably cost more than another iraq war.
    With no oil at the end.

  2. Stupid by IQpierce · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So people are talking about us now trying to go to Mars because of this?

    Hello? We have TONS of water already!

    THINK, people!