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| Mars: Must be ice? |
| 2008-06-20 |
| Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice June 19, 2008 -- Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it. "It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that." The chunks were left at the bottom of a trench informally called "Dodo-Goldilocks" when Phoenix's Robotic Arm enlarged that trench on June 15, during the 20th Martian day, or sol, since landing. Several were gone when Phoenix looked at the trench early today, on Sol 24. Also early today, digging in a different trench, the Robotic Arm connected with a hard surface that has scientists excited about the prospect of next uncovering an icy layer. The Phoenix science team spent Thursday analyzing new images and data successfully returned from the lander earlier in the day. [..] |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 FARK.com Poster > MSNBC > CLIMATESCIENCE Blog - WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE - REGIONS OF FOCUS: NORTH AMERICA, HAWAII, CARIBBEAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDS Report + GLOBAL WARMING AND [Earth's]MAGNETIC FIELD LINKED.; + SCIENCEDAILY > GLOBAL WARMING TO FUEL MORE SEVERE WEATHER. MARS' "ICE" vv MAGNETIC FIELD + espec SUN??? ONE DAY > HAARP, etc. on MARS to induce artificial planetary spin = WARMING + ATMOSPHERE FOR LIFE [Man = God]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-06-20 23:16 |
| #10 Itn all a cover Beeserker, they really looking for irony. |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2008-06-20 20:55 |
| #9 Well, either that or we mine incoming comets. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-06-20 20:52 |
| #8 The whole idea is to hopefully find ice, then it can be used as water when (If) humans visit. No water, no manned Mars Mission. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-06-20 20:27 |
| #7 Could it be Beaufort or Gruyère? Finding ice on on another planet is a very poor way to spend our fiscal resources, just now anyway. An old man's opinion, nothing more. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-06-20 19:56 |
| #6 Tucson. 'These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, More evidence of terrestial warming. |
| Posted by: Al Gore 2008-06-20 19:40 |
| #5 I've had martian ice, it tastes funny. AS, leave the yellow stuff alone. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-06-20 18:46 |
| #4 Maybe Mars is just one big, huge snowcone. Dipped out by the Big Dipper. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-06-20 15:30 |
| #3 Ice, schmice Where's the oil? |
| Posted by: Kelly 2008-06-20 15:24 |
| #2 I've had martian ice, it tastes funny. You're better off getting it at the 7/11 down the street. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-06-20 14:01 |
| #1 So, there is water close to the surface. Either that or Marvin the reptiloid is already on his way. Quick! Notify the United Federation - the Draconion Empire is on the fly! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-06-20 11:58 |