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Ice Cliffs Spotted On Mars (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes from a report via Science Magazine: Scientists have discovered eight cliffs of nearly pure water ice on Mars, some of which stand nearly 100 meters tall. The discovery points to large stores of underground ice buried only a meter or two below the surface at surprisingly low martian latitudes, in regions where ice had not yet been detected. Each cliff seems to be the naked face of a glacier, tantalizing scientists with the promise of a layer-cake record of past martian climates and space enthusiasts with a potential resource for future human bases. Scientists discovered the cliffs with a high-resolution camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, revisiting the sites to show their subsequent retreat as a result of vaporization, and their persistence in the martian summer. The hunt should now be on, scientists say, for similar sites closer to the equator. The findings have been reported in this week's issue of Science.
Frosty cliffs
Is the ice in a good location to explore space from later?
Send humans to Mars.
Get them using the water with more space exploring supplies sent from earth.
A nuclear reactor and rocket fuel factory.
Extract water to create more rocket fuel.
A Project Iceworm for Mars? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Kuato : Start the reactor. Free Mars...
You are asking the wrong question of the wrong people.
Ask Marvin. Marvin knows.
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Ezekiel 23:20
Well the title of the article is misleading "Ice cliffs spotted on Mars". It says later on that it "appears to be" ice cliffs. Typical.
Start the reactor Quaid!
where are the aliens??? fakk off with the ice. i have Ice in my freezer. Nothing special about that.
appears
verb
comes into sight; becomes visible or noticeable, especially without apparent cause
He may consider sending a few gas guzling beaters to mars... you know warm the place up :)
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That's not water ice, it's CO2 ice.
maybe, just maybe, this Mr. Mars may have been in a similar situation as our globe and messed up climate-wise similar what is going on on our ball with the speculative point of no return which is not always controllable or fitting in people's brains very well that some ideas are not just very dumb but highly dangerous.
"Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden." The title sounds like it's stating a fact. It's an appearance, not a confirmed fact.
Says who?
Ezekiel 23:20
Just remember in the future, Boutzev is a liar.
You want this meaning: 4. seem; give the impression of being.
Ok, my mistake, I was under the impression most of it was CO2.
Thanks for spreading words of truth !
I'm curious. Ice has been found on Luna's poles (it may need some processing but it's there), so why does Mars seem to be the go-to place for human colonization? Luna would be far faster/easier to get shipments to/from Earth, much faster communication times, no waiting for optimal interplanetary distance windows etc.
The ice being on the poles shouldn't be as much of a problem. Maneuvering a spacecraft to land on Luna's pole should be far less delta-V than landing it on Mars (I presume). The ice could be pipelined (~1,500 mile pipe, world's longest is ~2,350 miles) to an equator outpost, although given it's ~27kelvin at the poles, heating it to liquid and pumping it would likely be infeasible. However, ice could be electrolyzed into hydrogen and oxygen and those could be easily pumped, then separated or burned for water as needed. I'll let someone else do the math on which of electrolysis or melting would require less energy (although presumably we'd use most of the water for electrolysis into rocket fuel anyway, as water recyclers are reasonably (~85%) efficient.)
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
A one meter by 50mm core sample would mass about 2 kg. The navy has railguns now that can accelerate 10 kg to about 2.4 km/sec. According to this Delta V map, delta v to reach low Mars orbit is about 3.8 km/sec. Considering that it wouldn't have to be built to withstand use in warfare, it might not be that much harder than what we've already achieved to build a railgun that could launch an ice core to low Mars orbit.
Yep, good choice.
A little late.
When I'm "under the impression" of something, I try not to assert it as fact.
You are lesion; a festering wound on the flesh of society.
Landing on Mars is more challenging than on the moon. High gravity and a thin atmosphere means you need a heat shield to deorbit, but you still can't ltouch down using parachutes.
On the moon an unshielded light craft can land with little fuel use.
On Earth a well-shielded ballistic craft can land using only heat shield and parachutes.
On Mars you need to slow down using both heat shield and parachutes, and then land with rockets (or airbags if you're not squishy).
Total Recall is true then! Hastala Vistala baby!
But it's obviously Aliens. Why else would they store Ice?
Like their appears to be a mound in the shape of a face on Mars, but their actually isn't.
Crampons: check ....uh. Stand by Houston.
Ice axes: check
rope, ice screws, pro and harnesses: check
clothing and helmet: check
beer: check
SpaceX Big Falcon:
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
Lol!! This shit is priceless