Mars shocker: Liquid water lake found on the Red Planet

Fox News ^ | July 25, 2018 | Chris Ciaccia

[ChessExpert]

Water is probably a necessary requirement for life. It is certainly not a sufficient requirement. But people want to believe. “When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.” ― G.K. Chesterton

[Phlap]

Ifand that is a big if, we ever go there, there will be water on Mars because we take it there but unless and until that happens, there is no water on Mars. There never has been any water on Mars. And there never will be any water on Mars. In any form.

[Slyfox]

LOL

[21twelve]

“what is believed to be liquid water”

They are looking at it through “ice” of some sort (not frozen water) with radar. I’m pretty sure that any liquid would show up as a strong reflector of the radar waves. It is probably whatever is frozen - but the same crap in liquid form.

Of course that begs the question of why is it liquid? Increased pressure of thicker “ice”?
Heat source within the planet (I don’t think plate tectonics have been proven on Mars.)

There is an old clip from the X_files TV show where some guy is running Ground Penetrating Radar over a basement slab.

“So that will tell you where the body is?”
“Well, no, but a trained operator can differentiate between the signals, but it may be a body, a rock, or a void.”
“Differentiates? So he guesses?”
“Well - it’s an educated guess.”

[faucetman]

Large pond found on Mars. Scum also discovered.

[faucetman]

Matt Damon never found any water on Mars. Not even contaminated water.

[Delta 21]

[Windflier]

Who cares if there could be life? Or a stupid living molecule or something... LOL

A discovery so profound, even a cave man can understand the significance.

Or not...

[Busywhiskers]

Actually...lots of people care. Might want to visit someday and while there, drink a glass of water.

[SunkenCiv]

What is believed to be liquid water is sitting below Mars' southern polar ice cap

Thanks jazusamo.

[Red Badger]

It could be tequila.....................

[Buckeye McFrog]

Looks like I was wrong. Our rovers measured daytime temperatures as high as 43F, and summer at the equator can apparently get up to 70.

Though that plunges to -100 or more at night.

[ChessExpert]

“It’ so easy, even a cave man can do it.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdZaywluk34

[LS]

Um, is there any other kind of “water” that isn’t liquid?

[ravenwolf]

Something is going on regarding mars.

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I have always believed there has been a civilization on mars but that it is a dying planet and has long been unlivable.

[jazusamo]

Yep, ice and vapor.

[Boogieman]

Sounds like it is under the polar ice cap, so not directly exposed to the atmosphere.

[Boogieman]

Umm, water vapor?

[Pride in the USA]

WOW!

[Boogieman]

Yeah, plasmas are composed of ions not actual molecules, so you could have a plasma of Hydrogen and Oxygen ions, but not one of water molecules.