[BenLurkin]

If there is abundant water on Mars then colonization is almost inevitable.

[A. Pole]

"If there were warm, wet places, then life could have developed," Murray said.

It did not need to develop there. Mars orbit is more or less parallel to the Earth and constant so called solar wind is pushing the miriads of dust and spores from the Earth atmosphere in the outside direction. If there are suitable spots the Earthly life had to made some beachhead on the Mars.

[Pontiac]

What we all want to know is;

Why haven't the photos been published yet?

News this Earth shattering (pun intended) should have been on the street long ago.

[WorkingClassFilth]

"If there were warm, wet places, then life could have developed..."

In my experience, this has been correct.

[Larry Lucido]

"It collected in a vast area more than 500 miles long and wide, and 50 yards deep."

So, a couple times the size of Lake Superior.

[KevinDavis]

[TBall]

Maybe this is why that Tom Jennings guy is doing that show on UFO's?

[Leo Carpathian]

"The point is that the ice is very recent: it appears to still be there, covered beneath a layer of dust and ash,"

So, like you can't skate on it? No NHL on Mars? We can't have intergalactic hooky league (IHL) and no unions?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

This is what happens when you stop global warming, the freaken place freezes over.

[Wilhelm Tell]

If this turns out to be true, then its importance cannot be underestimated. And people are mostly dismissing it with crude jokes.