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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. Isn't anyone worried about the turbinum supply? by arcite · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Vilos Cohaagen: Don't touch that! Get away, get back!

    Douglas Quaid: What are you afraid of? Turn it on.

    Vilos Cohaagen: Impossible! Once the reaction starts, it'll spread to all the turbinium in the planet. Mars will go into global meltdown. That's why the aliens never turned it on.

    Douglas Quaid: And you expect me to believe you?

    Vilos Cohaagen: Who gives a shit what you believe? In thirty seconds you'll be dead, and I'll blow this place up and be home in time for Corn Flakes.

  2. A much needed total recall quote by blanks · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "quaid start the reactor"
    --Kuato

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