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NASA Orbiter Reveals Details of a Moister Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the alliteration-makes-me-happy dept.

Matt_dk writes "NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion years later than scientists believed, and it played an important role in shaping the planet's surface and possibly hosting life."

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  1. Moister Mars by tpheiska · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moister Mars.... mmm.... sweet...

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    1. Re:Moister Mars by Pikiwedia.net · · Score: 4, Funny

      This means that there is water on Mars, which means that you can grow grain, which .. When can we expect the first bottle of martian whisky?

    2. Re:Moister Mars by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

      As soon as Duck Dodgers negotiates the deal with the queen.

  2. mmm... moist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and delicious! Reminds me of that time I accidentally left a mars candy bar in my shirt pocket on laundry day. OK, it was not delicious, it was pretty gross. It also involved a lot of coins and a lot more detergent.

  3. Re:Here's how it's going to play out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your not worth my mod points.

  4. Moist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Due to probing?

  5. Mars: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mars: What The Earth Will Look Like If We Fuck Up Too Much

    1. Re:Mars: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You mean Mars is the ultimate Red State?

    2. Re:Mars: by Verteiron · · Score: 5, Funny

      Venus: What The Earth Will Look Like If We Fuck Up Too Much In The Other Direction

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    3. Re:Mars: by confused+one · · Score: 4, Funny

      Mercury: What the Earth is eventually going to look like, no matter what we do.

    4. Re:Mars: by E++99 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Mercury: What the Earth is eventually going to look like, no matter what we do.

      You mean, unless Barack Obama is elected president.

  6. Re:Here's how it's going to play out by simaolation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wars increase economic activity

    And why not? It sure worked wonders for Deep Space Nine and Voyager's ratings!

    mod +2 Star Trek Reference!

  7. Re:Mmmmm... by CraftyJack · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have seen lakes that were so saline or full of some organism that they could not support life.

    They were so full of some organism that they could not support life? Yogi Berra, is that you?