Author Topic: Water on Mars (Read 5103 times)

lucian · « **on:** September 28, 2015, 05:48:16 PM »

Enough to fill 38 Olympic swimming pools. I guess we got that going for us.

Greenman · « **Reply #1 on:** September 28, 2015, 05:55:33 PM »

How can this be news? I though they told us in school that there was water on Mars, and that was 40 years ago. Perhaps someone forgot and had to send a probe up there to find out again.

boatdetective · « **Reply #2 on:** September 28, 2015, 06:24:46 PM »

I say that it's fairy urine based upon the IR signature and the refraction of the interstellar spectroscopy. Yet another S.W.A.G. from the astroscience community to get headlines and hopefully spur more funding.

bad Chad · « **Reply #3 on:** September 28, 2015, 06:41:59 PM »

They have know your decades that water existed on Mars in non liquid form, i.e. gas, and Ice. This is the first that they have discovered liquid water, this could turn out to be a really big deal!

fotoguzzi · « **Reply #4 on:** September 28, 2015, 06:42:28 PM »

Fairies urinate?

lucian · « **Reply #5 on:** September 28, 2015, 06:47:35 PM »

Quote from: fotoguzzi on September 28, 2015, 06:42:28 PM

Fairies urinate?

Oh yeah, the tooth fairy peed on my brother once. At least that's what he thinks.

Moto Fugazzi · « **Reply #6 on:** September 28, 2015, 06:55:31 PM »

People are all excited about water on Mars. I'm gonna just go to my sink.
Ken

Lannis · « **Reply #7 on:** September 28, 2015, 07:12:31 PM »

150 years ago they were all excited about "Canali" on Mars. This is probably the 21st century version.

Now if they actually found "Cannoli" on Mars, I'd vote for some more funding ....

Lannis

neverquit · « **Reply #8 on:** September 28, 2015, 07:37:02 PM »

So it has a tiny bit of water, it has no magnetic field and nothing to shield it from solar winds and radiation. How are they going to deal with that.

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #9 on:** September 28, 2015, 07:51:29 PM »

Some fairies even take golden showers.

lucydad · « **Reply #10 on:** September 28, 2015, 08:31:17 PM »

Nah faries flatulate....

bad Chad · « **Reply #11 on:** September 28, 2015, 09:09:24 PM »

Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on September 28, 2015, 07:51:29 PM

Some fairies even take golden showers.

Now don't be narrow minded BigFoot, you need not be a fairy to appreciate a special shower!

canuguzzi · « **Reply #12 on:** September 28, 2015, 09:15:07 PM »

Quote from: neverquit on September 28, 2015, 07:37:02 PM

So it has a tiny bit of water, it has no magnetic field and nothing to shield it from solar winds and radiation. How are they going to deal with that.

Same way its always been done, live in caves and use a Stelvio to go out for supplies. Really though, they already have the technologies to deal with that on the space station. By the time it's time to go there they'll scale it up.

Seems like a year doesn't go by and they need to rewrite what they know about anything past Earth and quite a bit that is on it too.

Bet this does fantastic things for the new movie, Martian.

Greenman · « **Reply #13 on:** September 28, 2015, 09:53:04 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on September 28, 2015, 07:41:17 PM

By organizing the fairies into work crews C'mon man , that's pretty obvious

Dusty

Tinfoil hats?

rodekyll · « **Reply #14 on:** September 29, 2015, 01:20:19 AM »

They're releasing a documentary about it. Calling it "THE MARTIAN". I think it's amazing that they can put together a 2-hour newsreel in perfect synch with the actual discovery.

redrider · « **Reply #15 on:** September 29, 2015, 05:58:33 AM »

Not surprised. We used a ammonia/ chilled brine solution to make pops and ice-cream at the creamery. Chilled those concoctions to solid form in short order definitely not good for your skin.

perter · « **Reply #16 on:** September 29, 2015, 06:31:20 AM »

If it was BEER it would have been real news

slowmover · « **Reply #17 on:** September 29, 2015, 07:22:44 AM »

Time to re- read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury for me

oldbike54 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 29, 2015, 08:59:42 AM »

Quote from: perter on September 29, 2015, 06:31:20 AM

If it was BEER it would have been real news

Dusty

prof_stack · « **Reply #19 on:** September 29, 2015, 11:40:42 AM »

Didn't Doctor Who deal the the Waters on Mars at the end of David Tennant's time as the time traveler?

AMGeneral · « **Reply #20 on:** September 29, 2015, 01:57:39 PM »

We start poking around on Mars

Marvin might get angry.........

lucian · « **Reply #21 on:** September 29, 2015, 02:46:37 PM »

So theoretically, some day , there could be a 100 plus h.p. liquid cooled small block guzzi available on mars? That may even be the closest dealer for some of us.

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Author Topic: Water on Mars (Read 5103 times)

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