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Orbiter Reveals Rock Fracture Plumbing On Mars

Posted by Soulskill on from the more-evidence-for-hydrogen-hydroxide dept.

Riding with Robots writes "Mars researchers report that a robotic spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that once directed flows of water through underground Martian sandstone. 'This study provides a picture of not just surface water erosion, but true groundwater effects widely distributed over the planet,' said one of the mission scientists for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been regularly returning terabytes of high-resolution images and other kinds of data from Mars."

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  1. google chrome dead??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    [ ] rob
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  2. Regularly returning terabytes.. from MARS. by plasmacutter · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ok.. so a probe is regularly returning terabytes across the solar system, but ISP's are forming lobbying pacs proclaiming they can't offer the speeds they advertised for people on earth.

    Something's rotten in the state of denmark.

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  3. The surface is the illusion. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The aliens are underneath the surface...

  4. Well, if the alien has 3 tits... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    then I'd like to lay some pipe, if you catch my drift.

    Ted Kennedy had a seizure, and has a brain tumor. Can you feel Mary Jo Kopechne's cold fingers clawing at you from the grave, Senator? She's beckoning, hoping you'll join her like you planned to before that terrible night you'd forgotten about until death loomed at your door. Patience, my dear Mary Jo. The Senator will be with you shortly...