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

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

[yeswecan09]

*What''''s really going on here? Stories about water being on Mars is obviously just another useless story to make us read useless *** that isn''''t any help to us at all. Instead the media should be reporting real stories that actually have to do what''''s happening on the planet we live on since a lot goes on here on planet earth everyday. I don''''t care if it rains pepsi on mars, we should be focused on problems here at home. Geeze*


We have to disagree -- I find the need to explore much more exciting than sitting down in a room full of people saying "So, Mr. Jones, why are you so angry?"

[yeswecan09]

*we couldn''''t have some links to the pictures? hello, this is the Internet. *

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html

Got to love science!

[gmond]

Let''s go swimming!

[jediservant]

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%u2019t find life.

[adfolder]

So, what''s your point?

[stn_sage]

This may be news to the public, but it''s not news to NASA, they already knew.

[downtowner97]

Yeah, there''s ice on Mars. There''s also ice on Europa and Ganymede, and Hale Bopp, and Haley''s and probably even on our moon. I feel the water discovery on Mars was made when we saw canyons eroded by...what else could it be?

[guadalcanal3]

arrestbush1...Please...You''re being absolutely ridiculous...CBS News is certainly no slouch when it come to reporting all the "important" things that man does on this planet like wars,crime, and "Hollywood"..What''s your problem?...You don''t like "good news?"....Maybe you should stick to the tabloids....and leave the rest of us "dreamers" to our happy and "hopeful" news....other than that....GREAT JOB NASA AND JPL!...KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

[smurfcrusher]

This is hugely important.

The fact that Mars has water, mineral soil adequate for Terrestrial vegetation, and abundant iron oxide means there are no deal breakers for eventual large-scale colonization on Mars.

A nuclear power source would supply heat and electrical energy for electrolysis, making oxygen to breathe (much like a nuclear submarine), robotic landers can also use solar power initially to electrolyze and compress hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel, and iron ore can be smelted for structures, tools, and equipment.

This has huge implications for us!!

[l8c6]

There''''s Water On Mars

and cheney would say =so

Posted by rharrin1

Or rather get a no bid contract for Haliburton to extract future resources from this taxpayer funded discover. Neo con capitalists, privatizing profits and socializing the losses, burdens and expenses evading them for themselves.

[spadeisspade]

Ok, at what point will we declare war on Mars?

[daysrnumbrd]

"$420 million could go a long way towards feeding people during the upcoming depression."

Inspiring people is at least as important as feeding them. And that money went to pay a lot of salaries and support a lot of businesses. We need to spend more this way!

Posted by andor3 at 12:51 AM : Aug 01, 2008
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Agreed. And besides...

...$420 million is less than one day of occupation in Iraq!

[andor3]

"$420 million could go a long way towards feeding people during the upcoming depression."

Inspiring people is at least as important as feeding them. And that money went to pay a lot of salaries and support a lot of businesses. We need to spend more this way!

[oneworldusa]

$420 million could go a long way towards feeding people during the upcoming depression.

[daysrnumbrd]

Water --- A natural substance that allows life to begin.

Oil --- A natural substance that causes lives to end.

[daysrnumbrd]

Water on Mars?

Okay... who spilled it?!

[daysrnumbrd]

Water on Mars?

Quick! Someone send in Wall-E to clean it up!

[andor3]

Wow very impressive. And in perspective, a great achievement for very little money spent.

I am happy to see my tax dollars spent this way. Lets double NASAs budget for unmanned space science and tell the military to scrap some of its wasteful programs next year.

[timdgrim]

OK..there''s water on Mars, now let''s send a whole bunch of bread up there along with Dubya DumbA$$ and Devil D*ck and they can be the Jester and the King of Mars! Look for oil while you''re up there and get back to us in 20 years.

[heero2020]

That''s great. We have plenty of water on earth too. Is there any Oil on Mars?