Mars' Water Appears To Have Been Too Salty To Support Life

Science Daily ^ | 5/30/08

[wendy1946]

If we had to drink sea water we’d be snaffed too; the good news is that it rains occasionally and we can drink from rivers and lakes. Ancient Martians would certainly have figured that out as well. Reminds me of Santino Corleone asking Michael if he went to college for four years to get stupid...

[notdownwidems]

But what about Uranus? Is that salty too?

[Steve Van Doorn]

Dunaliella Salina a type of Algae lives in salt fields.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunaliella_salina

[chasio649]

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[djf]

Totally narrow, almost fraudulent conclusion.

I can drink water from lake Erie.
I can drink water from the Pacific ocean, just not too much.

I can drink water from an oasis in the middle of the Sahara.

There are places in Nevada that if I drank water from a hole in the ground, I’d be dead in 48 hours.

There are brine shrimp on the planet that live in water so corrosive it would probably burn a hole in your shirt.

But it is interesting we are getting some results back.

[djf]

There are thermophiles, never heard of halophiles!

(salt loving)

I’m gonna make popcorn.

[wendy1946]

Probe images over the last dozen years have shown unmistakable and overwhelming evidence that Mars used to be inhabited and NASA continues to largely ignore this information because it wipes their major paradigms regarding the history of the solar system.

[WVKayaker]

Probe images over the last dozen years have shown unmistakable and overwhelming evidence...

[djf]

Well, they say they have found Martian rocks in Antarctica. And if those rocks can get here, good chance ours can get there.

And there are few - very few places on Earth that if you pick up a rock, it doesn’t at least have some bacteria in it.
My guess would be the chances of Mars being devoid of life are exceedingly remote.

There are plenty of algae and lichens and fungi that would do very well on Mars, thank you.

[vladimir998]

Yet another “life on another planet” theory wrecked.

[saganite]

Riiiight.

[Right Wing Assault]

Totally narrow, almost fraudulent conclusion.

True. It is hard to believe a scientist could come to such a conclusion. "Some rocks are too salty therefore all rocks are too salty."

[from occupied ga]

unmistakable and overwhelming evidence that Mars used to be inhabited

Have you ever been abducted by aliens?

[Kolokotronis]

"Yet another “life on another planet” theory wrecked."

Have faith, Vlad! John Carter's battles at the side of Tars Tarkas prove that there is life on Barsoom!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Lick it and find out. ;-)

[knarf]

God created it all, and there is only one Earth, and man is created in His image and every attempt to prove otherwise just continues to support that which we see by faith.

[vladimir998]

Hmmmm....o-k-a-y.

Happy Friday, Kolokotronis, warp factor 9 to the weekend!

[COBOL2Java]

But what about Uranus? Is that salty too?

Only when I eat pretzels...

[Kolokotronis]

“Hmmmm....o-k-a-y.

Happy Friday, Kolokotronis, warp factor 9 to the weekend!”

Didn’t have a misspent youth reading Edgar Rice Burroughs eh?

Off to the salt mine, then go pay for next winter’s wood pellets and then to the cottage for the weekend. Life can be so complex at times!