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Vast Subsurface Martian Ice Discovered
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."
also found was John Carter, slightly the worse for wear.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
Underground water park!
Post-rock/Ambient/Drone and other noise.
More detailed analysis of the radar image indicates that the shape of the flat region actually appears to be almost perfectly rectangular, with an aspect ratio of 4:9. Nobody is quite sure what to make of that.
The implications are that there will likely be further implications
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The surface of Mars is quite obviously a redistribution of dirt over the surface of oceans made solid by the ill fated use of ice-9 long ago in the Martian past.
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Everyone knows that to detect water in a deep crater you drop a stone in it and wait for the plopping noise.
Jeez, and these guys call themselves scientists!
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Depends on if we can send the governator to mars to reactivate the alien machines...
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Where's the astronaut with the dousing rods?
All this moaning about the ice caps melting, lets just nip over there and bring some back!
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What! Jimmy Hoffa! that's where he's been all these years!
...It's really just a copy of the Sony rootkit lurking beneath the surface.
NASA did not "find water" years ago... or ever!
Lies! Definitive proof of water on Mars.
I've always disregarded everything that Anonymous Coward guy says. He is always talking crazy.
Ice makes terraforming quite easy.
Cohagen, give those people air!
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Dang, that sounds so familiar... I'm afraid I know it, but I just don't seem to have complete recall.
I can never finish a Mars bar without a glass of milk... I hope there's some of that up there!
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
but the point where the atmosphere is lost again is so far in the future as to be meaningless.
Here we go again.
I can see Mars, in the future - the environmentalists will be warning everyone of the danger of atmospheric depletion and the need to invest in replenishment, and the conservatives will claim it's hogwash and that paying for replenishment would be a drain on the economy and cost jobs. . .
UNTIL THEY ALL CHOKE AND DIE!
These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
One more just make it complete...
Slashdot.org (unimaginative troll) - I for one welcome our new aquatic martian overlords.
Sure, it could be water or it could be ice, if you want to place your faith in either the ESA or NASA.
My bet is on a gigantic buried metallic face (a la the movie "Mission To Mars"). Intelligent design is the correct answer.
We want to bottle that water and sell it here under the exclusive 'God of War' label for 2 bucks a pop.
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