Liquid Water Found on Mars

[The Sushi Bandit]

Source: New Scientist & Current.com

NASA's Phoenix lander has captured the first images of liquid water on Mars - droplets that splashed onto the spacecraft's leg during landing, according to members of the Phoenix team.

Photos at link:

Read more: http://current.com/items/89826975/liquid_water_found_on_mars.htm

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Amazing Discovery!!

[saigon68]

1. Looks like Afganistan there

Only the "Puppet" Mayor of Kabul does not appear on the screen

[Uncle Joe]

39. Except Mars is safer. n/t

[PassingFair]

41. Afghanistan is actually one of the most beautiful places on earth....

Weird, unlike anywhere else.

COLOR-CHANGING HILLS!!



I remember seeing a travelog film from the 60's - 70's,
before we funded the "freedom fighters" of the mighty
Mujahideen.

I have never forgotten it.

[kestrel91316]

Cool. We can move us all there when earth becomes unliveable

because of our hyperconsumptive, destructive tendencies........

[AyanEva]

13. I call dibs on the first ship out.

[sofa king]

20. I call dibs on the second.

So I can watch and see how you do!

[Tesha]

50. I'd be careful of choosing the "B Ark" if I were you...

You might end up someplace like Earth, stuck with a bunch
of telephone sanitisers and Republicans!

Tesha

[Zhade]

2. WOW!

Yay science!

[MrPerson]

3. Martians pee in that you know.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. But Martians are an intelligent form of yeast.

They look like rocks and pee alcohol.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Ugly Bags Of Mostly Water we try at peace, you do not listen.

Bag who drill in Sand Of Home had to die.

Home Soil

"When a terraforming project hits problems the Enterprise crew discover a powerful microscopic life form which has declared war on humans. The lifeform takes over the Enterprise's lab and computers, and threatens to destroy the ship."

[Piewhacket]

24. You mean, Martians are symbiotic with Man? Wow.

[Jackpine Radical]

37. Our long-lost cousins. Or symbiotes anyway.

Something that has always fascinated me is that humans, left to their own devices with no clues about when it is night and day, will tend to go onto a 25-hour sleep/wake cycle. In other words, our internal clocks are set to the Martian day, not the Earth one.

I say we came from Mars, and offer this as proof.

[cosmicone]

5. Let's invade mars now

and bring freedom and democracy to those people :sarcasm:

[Zhade]

7. It's them or us!

ACK ACK ACK

[tledford]

11. Rack-ack! eom

[Piewhacket]

28. WMDs! Invade!

[MineralMan]

8. Just don't forget the Slim Whitman CDs!

[Vattel]

25. Thanks for the sarcasm indicator.

I was about to go postal on you.

[ohio2007]

9. They have been sitting on these pics since 25 May 2008 ?

why the breaking news now?

NASA up for budget cuts or looking for a bailout stimulus?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Ie7i6vRUM

[Zhade]

15. It's called analysis.

NT!

[ohio2007]

19. not exactly rocket science is it

when anybody can figure it out in less time then it took to "analyze" the data for so long behind closed doors away from the public eye

[slutticus]

53. And internal review....and external peer review...and on and on.

I'm surprised anything ever gets published!

[liberal N proud]

10. water = liquid

If it is solid is is called ice.

[Vattel]

26. Ice isn't frozen water?

[lumberjack_jeff]

44. They theorize that it is extremely salty with perchlorate salts.

The droplets grow over the period of weeks, they think the salts are absorbing water vapor.

[Grinchie]

12. Lets hope it's not a byproduct of Hydrogen and Oxygen oxidizing into water.

Since they don't say what fuel the lander used to slow its descent...

Yes, H2O is water.

[Peace Patriot]

14. Stupid Ugly Bags pee on leg, don't notice? nt

[crikkett]

16. zOMG I always knew Mars was muddy. n/t

[Tab]

17. "liquid water"???

As opposed to "frozen ice"??

[PfcHammer]

18. Hopefully, Mars has tight immigration policies that will keep humans

out :eyes:

[pampango]

35. Ane what about the real "illegal aliens" coming here to take our jobs.

;)

[Oldenuff]

21. Liquid water?

Is there any other kind?

Don't drink it till it's been tested folks.

[donco]

22. Hmm…you think they have

any jumbo shrimp up there?;-)

[Psephos]

23. not according to "military intelligence" :)

[donco]

48. good one

:headbang:

[Posteritatis]

32. There's a lot of the solid variety outside here right now (nt)

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Ice & Steam

They're both just different states of water.
GAC

[slutticus]

54. Can water be in a plasma state too?

[ProfessorGAC]

57. It Would Be Hard

A high energy ionic state could absorb energy to split the water into individual gasses. I'm doing this at 445 in the morning so, i'm not remembering the exact energy levels needed, but i'm pretty sure that the water would decompose to elements at plasma energies.
GAC

[fortyfeetunder]

27. Time for a Earth to Mars trip

Let's start out with sending those politicians who didn't want to get involved in the stimulus legislation and then said they weren't allowed to.....

[Mari333]

29. I, for one, welcome our new martian overlords. nt

[glinda]

31. That is too too funny!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Ediacara]

30. So I assume that the retro-rockets melted the permafrost as it was coming down

right?

[harun]

36. One would think so.

[lumberjack_jeff]

45. The droplets grew in size and number over a period of weeks after landing. n/t

[NeedleCast]

46. That's what I would guess

Or picked up water vapor as it came through Mars atmosphere. Possibly condensation? Just like a plane here on Earth can pick up ice on its metal surfaces at high altitude. Water vapor in the atmosphere condenses on the metal of the probe and stay liquid because the probe heats up on entry. Freezes again once the probe has landed and cooled down.

[marksmithfield]

33. It seems

maybe those canals that Lowell saw weren't so far fetched.

[Blandocyte]

34. Greetings, Martians,

We bring you "Kool Aid." We will give you 5 packets in exchange for one half of your planet...

[bdamomma]

49. they don't want us there, we have screwed up enough things!!

[Phoonzang]

38. Now if we could only ship all of our excess greenhouse gasses there.

In a few hundred years it could be a nice vacation spot. Well...except for the whole no electromagnetic field to protect you from deadly cosmic radiation part.

[ThomWV]

43. Every inch those little robots run they create ozone

[Tesha]

51. How do you figure?

You don't think they have brushes in their drive
motors, do you?

Tesha

[jpak]

40. Good thing they didn't discover oil...

:evilgrin:

[Ganja Ninja]

42. Looks to me like it was ice that was melted by the lander's rocket motor

and condensed on the legs of the craft.

[Javaman]

52. "you piddled on my leg!!" nt

[Wabbajack_]

55. How long till it's bottled for the super rich?

[Wabbajack_]

56. Ah some one gav me hearts