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@elonmusk: Water ice on Mars http://gizmodo.com/nasas-curiosity-rover-just-found-water-in-martian-soil-1403908591
Amazing!
The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA's Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight . . .
"One of the most exciting results from this very first solid sample ingested by Curiosity is the high percentage of water in the soil," said Leshin. "About 2 percent of the soil on the surface of Mars is made up of water, which is a great resource, and interesting scientifically." The sample also released significant carbon dioxide, oxygen, and sulfur compounds when heated.
read more: http://phys.org/news/2013-09-mars-rover-curiosity-sample-planet.html
Tikki
(14,539 posts)but I am told she is in constant communication with her family on Earth.
Tikki
bigtree
(85,920 posts). . . in her memory cells.
DGeorge
(116 posts)The confirmation by analysis is awesome, but it was a foregone conclusion. The lack of methane only shows that life isn't there now, but it still doesn't answer the question of whether or not life once was there. Six billion years is a long time. In another six billion they may be asking the same question about Earth.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)nt.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)I'm a doctor, not a hydrologist!
progressoid
(49,827 posts)Less of Teabaggers and Fundies and Miley and