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Enormous Amount of Frozen Water Found on Mars

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the or-at-least-way-more-than-before dept.

schweini writes "Space.com is reporting that the Mars Express probe's MARSIS (Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding) experiment has detected and measured an enormous amount of water ice near Mars' south pole, which would be sufficient to submerge the whole planet's surface underneath approximately 10m of water on average."

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  1. Re:Measurement Nitpicking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    WHOLLY FUCK DUDE!

    get on the phone with nasa before its too late!

  2. Of course you know what this means... by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    We need to urgently plan our first colony to Mars... how shall we do it..

    1. We need to build three spacecraft. (1) for the working class, (2) for the intelligencia, and (3) for middle management, politicians, salespeople, hairdressers and other absolutely essential jobs required for any new colony.
    2. We should first send spacecraft number (3) as it would surely be the largest and most important craft. These people are, after all, our leaders and those whom we admire most.
    3. After the people on craft (3) have worked out how to make the atmosphere there breathable, and have had enough meetings and committees to organize themselves out of existence, they can then contact Earth and send for the other two craft.
    4. In the meantime, all of Earth's problems have been solved and we don't need to go to Mars anymore.
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    Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
  3. Re:We're the ocean planet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Facts about Man:

    Man believes that there is a "God" that created the Earth for him.

    71% of the Earth is covered in water.

    Man has no gills.