MARS - There's water in that there crater !

[The Viceroy]

Water on mars .. some may say .. where's the news ??

Well, I thought ESA's most recent pic of it sitting in a crater was worth a look, incase you didn't believe it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4727847.stm

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEMGKA808BE_0.html

[Az]

awesome pic. Is there a larger pic?

[Japher]

damn it... we've been discovered!

[Seeker]

I wonder if it has water vapour outgassing during the summer (mars can reach about 20 C, but the pressure is too low for SURFACE liquid water).

This would be a great place for a Zubrin colony. Just camp right over the ice dome and collect the vapour.

[DanS]

Unfortunately, it's in a polar region, so it doesn't reach anywhere near 20 C and is therefore not suitable for human use.

Still quite cool, though.

[Bereta_Eder]

exquisite!

[Seeker]

the warmest areas WOULD have to be the driest

[reds4ever]

They will find life on Mars, in whatever guise, eventually.

[Japher]

$5 bucks say we also find Saddam's WoMD... on Mars that is.

[Solly]

And it will still be irrelevant. We still know nothing about our deepest oceans.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Park Avenue
And it will still be irrelevant. We still know nothing about our deepest oceans.

So knowing nothing about one subject means knowing something about another subject is pointless?

[Solly]

If knowing that something about that other subject costs about 2000 times as much, yes.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Park Avenue
If knowing that something about that other subject costs about 2000 times as much, yes.

Thats the beauty of space exploration, it's free - the Yanks pay for it all!

[Modo44]

Originally posted by Az
Is there a larger pic?

They have links under the small frame. Is a 13 MB jpeg big enough?

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/marsexpress/212-010705-1343-6-3d-01-CraterIce.jpg

[Az]

Mozilla is about to freeze in the parallel session I am running.