Enormous Amount of Frozen Water Found on Mars

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."

Comments

Re:Global warming beat us there

[fredrated]

I have a better idea, let's send you and George Bush, then the bs and the danger to humans on this planet will both go down.

Re:Not

[djupedal]

So let me get this straight...

1/100th & 1/10th, in their words (and yours) = an enormous amount...? Sorry, again, still not buying the literary license at work here. Your defense only serves to better illustrate just how weak it is...give it up :)

Re:Global warming beat us there

[alexj33]

I agree patio.

Since the other are planets warming up, we're going to hear: (predictably)

"Oh, it's the axial tilt of that planet!" "My, the red spot is kicking up dust! That must be the greenhouse effect on that planet!" "That planet has moons reflecting more sunlight on the surface." "The atmosphere of that planet is 'different', which causes warming on that planet!"

But on Earth, it must be man! After all the "science is settled."

I always get labeled a "Troll" (so be it) when I express this viewpoint, but it's true, true true.

Face it people, it's the SUN, always has been.

Re:Let's add some heat!

[Pig Hogger]

The point is: FV = PV(1 + r)^n Where FV = Future Value, PV = Present Value, r = rate of interest, and n = number of years. When n is 400, the current value had best be pretty darn small or it just isn't worth it.

It only takes a fucking anglo-saxon to put a price on something, and then boldly declare, for a perfectly superficial reason, that "it's not worth it".

And you yankees wonder why the whole planet hate your guts.