Comments on: NASA's Sure: There's Water On Mars

Phoenix Spacecraft Confirms Suspicion By Scooping Up Ice In Soil, Melting It Into Water

[rushlimpdrug]

I don''t like water from Mars.

It has a funny taste.

Their coffee isn''t bad though.

[gheemaster38]

So in 2122 when people populate Mars and then come here to live again will they be called "Martian-Americans? or "Martian-Earthens?"

[gheemaster38]

"NASA''''s Sure: There''''s Water On Mars"

But is it potable? How can we be sure we havn''''t tapped into a sewage treatment pond that was used by the Martians before their mad scientists got greedy and spent all their resources on trying to get to Earth?


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Posted by barbaraf4

I love the satire in this one.. LOL!! Hilarious

[gheemaster38]

WATER ON MARS?? COOL LET''S GET THE DRILLS OUT.. OH WAIT A MINUTE, YOU SAID WATER.. NEVER MIND...

[buttonjockey]

: The significance of this is that it will prove life was created.
: We will find water and the organic-based compounds needed for life
: on Mars but we won`t find life.

You certainly are naive, Nancy.

First, that will not prove that life was created. What you observe in one place is not necessarily universal. Second, the absence of life may mean that there is no longer life or that there never was. Even if there never was, what is the reason? Because life has to be "created?" Or is it because the right building blocks were not all there. Water is only one component that we believe is necessary for life. What if the others were not there at all? You can''t make iced tea if you have boiling water and ice cubes but no tea leaves!

[element51]

I hear that there''s a possibility of Oil on Mars but those dam democrats won''t let the oil companies drill.

[element51]

yeswecan09....Good post. And you are right. There will be a potential for many jobs. Jobs that will go to insourced workers from India and China. And there will be jobs created for overseas workers too. Good for them. But American workers will continue to compete for jobs at McDonalds and Burger King. I hope that whoever is elected can get a handle on this outsourcing of our jobs but I''m doubtful. But your post was a good one.

[rushlimpdrug]

"NASA''s Sure: There''s Water On Mars"

Oh great, I will mark it on my roadmap.

What is the exit?

I''m getting thirsty.

Do they have donuts there also?

[fstop100]

How long before we pollute it?

[newsjunky5]

Oh no. Now NASA has to worry about Phoenix slipping on the ice and bumping its processor.

[voidmaster-2009]

it will be much easier than lugging the water with them.

Posted by yeswecan09

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For long-term habitation, lugging it with them is not even a viable option.

[voidmaster-2009]

I am less concerned about finding life or fossils on Mars and more concerned about its colonial potential.

[ubrew12]

"We''ve now finally touched it and tasted it," William Boynton of the University of Arizona said during a news conference in Tucson on Thursday. "From my standpoint, it tastes very fine."

Two neadertahls trek through the Siberian ice. One spots something brown on the ice, and the following interchange between them occurs: ''Look!'', ''Huh?'', ''Look!'', ''(he looks) look like sh*t!'', ''ugh...Smell!'', ''Huh?'', ''SMELL!'', ''Aww...{sniff}...UGH!... Smell like Sh*t!'', ''ugh..Taste!'', ''HUH?'', ''TASTE!! Taste, taste!'', ''Aww..{he eats some}.. UGH!... Taste like SH*T!!'', ''ugh! (satisfied, they moves on)..

sure glad we didn''t step in it...''

[yeswecan09]

*To yeswecan09: We can''''t go to mars.

*Marvin will get very mad and then blast the earth with his modulator!

*Plus why would we want to?

I know for me the exploration of the planets is absolutely fascinating; how much is out there that we really don''t know? Every question we answer only lets us ask more questions.

If you want to get to a more financial aspect (considering the economy) a dedicated goal of exploration can create jobs in the quick run. Say we have a 10 year project to put a robot in the ice on Mars; to make the job work we will need scientist of all types, engineers of all types, technicans of all types, and support staff of thousands who keep the computers running to the janitors who keep the sterile rooms, sterile.

For 10 years thousands of people will have jobs to pay their current bills, but most of all the things they learn at this job, can create new jobs. One quick example: my brother-in-law started working as a janitor and one of his jobs was replacing HEPA filters, he found it so amazing that now he travels the east coast of the US replacing the filter systems for hospital operating rooms; he also quadrupled his salary. He also now works with those filters for government installations.

Hope this helps some!

[barbaraf4]

"NASA''s Sure: There''s Water On Mars"

But is it potable? How can we be sure we havn''t tapped into a sewage treatment pond that was used by the Martians before their mad scientists got greedy and spent all their resources on trying to get to Earth?

[fstop100]

To yeswecan09: We can''t go to mars.

Marvin will get very mad and then blast the earth with his modulator!

Plus why would we want to?

[yeswecan09]

*So....what does that mean to me?*

That depends on you exactly, does your job have some tie-ins? Perhaps your job supplies the gold plating used on the Phoenix? Or perhaps you work on the HEPA filters that keep NASA''s clean room free of dust?

Or, does the exploration touch your imagination, and make you wonder is there some type of bacteria living in that water? If there is water perhaps there is life crawling around?

Or will your sons or daughters be the ones who put their footprints on Mars? When they go, they will use the water for myriad reasons; it will be much easier than lugging the water with them.

[pollroller1]

Gosh Toto, I don''t think we are in Kansas anymore.

[ogspics]

Meanwhile...Back On Earth!
Check out the giant crater in the western quarter of the united states.
Go to the mapquest satellite viewer and use the aerial mode to view the western united states. Zoom to the third level from the bottom. Check the labels box.
Now, look at where Boise, Idaho is located. Just north east of Boise is a very large impact recoil peak. There is another recoil peak a little further north west of Boise/northeast of Baker City Oregon. Uncheck the labels box and look at the map without the roads, etc. Look carefully at the area to the east, over to the area of yellowstone park and the northwest corner of Wyoming.
To the north and south of the Yellowstone area, the crater rim is readily visible.

Follow the arc of the crater rim south.. to the south west, up to the north along the western Cascade Mountains up through Washington and then eastward around the canada border and on down south to reconnect back at the Yellowstone area. The crater rim here appears to have been affected by Yellowstone caldera activity.
See the big impact crater. About 1000 miles in diameter. A little further south, at the "four corners" area; check out the super volcano!
I made these discoveries while searching for the source of the destruction of this forest in South Dakota Black Hills. Cost... way less than a million dollars.
www.beholdgiants.com

[fstop100]

So....what does that mean to me?