[sirchtruth]

In a finely layered rock, Opportunity detected concentrations of jarosite, an iron sulfate mineral that forms with water, as well as layers of salts that match evaporation sequences found on Earth when briny water pools dry up.

Speculation at best, but not fact...Let's make that clear...Scientist!

[LibWhacker]

"So what if there is water up there?" . . . "What difference does it make to anyone's life?" . . . "Will it grow any more food? Cure a disease? This doesn't even broaden our horizons." . . . "Every time I jump into the ocean I see things I've never seen before," . . . "We have better maps of Mars than our own ocean floor. That's just not right." . . . many scientists say it makes more sense to concentrate on pressing scientific issues that would improve life down here.

These 'rats ought to be proud of themselves. They're on the same page as the chicom foreign minister:

I believe the Chinese government and the Chinese leadership are the ones who care about China's human rights most. And I can show you another example here. That is a very short poem written by the former foreign minister of China, Marshal Chen Yi. That poem is actually very brief, which is only composed of four lines. It reads like this,

is there humanity on the Mars?
Is there humanity on the moon?
There is humanity on the earth,
so the earth is most valuable.

So from this, we can see the Chinese leadership has regarded the interests and values of the people as the highest and most important thing. For a handful of westerners, who claimed themselves as "human rights guardians", their annual income is tens of thousands or even millions of dollars. But they turn a blind eye with indifference towards the poor situation in certain countries where the per capita income is less than US$100. These people lack a basic sense of responsibility on human rights and they lack the awareness of the importance of human rights. What they have is just a cold heart. http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200403/07/eng20040307_136794.shtml

Pay no heed to 'rats or their murdering, chicom heroes. WE'RE GOING TO MARS!!!