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Large Caves Found on the Surface of Mars

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-crap-i'd-better-move-my-stuff dept.

David DelMonte writes "Space.com is reporting on the discovery of seven dark spots near the Equator on Mars. The thinking is that these are cave openings. The openings are the size of football fields, and one of them is thought to extend approximately 400 feet below the surface.'The researchers hope the discovery will lead to more focused spelunking on Mars. "Caves on Mars could become habitats for future explorers or could be the only structures that preserve evidence of past or present microbial life ," said Glenn Cushing of Northern Arizona University, who first spotted the black areas in the photographs.'"

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  1. Ack Ack Ack! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We come in peace!

    Ack Ack Ack! Ack Ack ACKACK!

    Do not run! We are your friends!

  2. 2001 A space odyssey by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Part of the symbolism of the space baby at the end of the movie is that people are masters of the Earth, but we're infants in space. We're vulnerable, and have to learn and practice even simple things like moving from one end of the spacecraft to the other in a spacesuit. We wear diapers up there.

    If we're going to be on Mars, it is therefore fitting that we should be cavemen. That's where we started, and that's where we will start again.

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    1. Re:2001 A space odyssey by VWJedi · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's hard to believe that such an insightful statement could come from a "Profane MuthaFucka".

  3. WHAT? by corifornia · · Score: 5, Funny

    Holes? In the ground?

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