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Evidence Mounts for Mid-Mars Water
discoverychannel.com ^
| 10/19/05
Posted on 10/20/2005 7:04:45 PM PDT by KevinDavis
Oct. 19, 2005 Mars may look dry, but there's evidence that the frigid desert planet is still periodically moving water on a global scale, say researchers who have found fresh signs of glaciers far from Mars' icy poles.
Images collected by a variety of spacecraft, along with elevation data, show conspicuous lines of debris in valleys, almost identical to those seen atop glaciers on Earth.
On Mars, however, instead of being washed away when the glaciers melted, the lines of debris were deposited intact on the valley floor. That happened because in the thin Martian air the ice likely went straight from a solid to a gaseous state a change called sublimation without any intervening liquid phase.
What's more, the new evidence of glaciers fits in well with recent models of Mars' climate and new calculations of the gradual, long-term wobble in the tilt of Mars' axis. Over tens of millions of years, the wobbling axis creates periods when Mars' poles get a great deal more sunshine than today.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: mars; marscolony; space; water
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Well since there is water I guess it is time to start a Mars Colony...
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; discostu; ...
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:05:24 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
To: KevinDavis
Ooh, that's fascinating. Couple that with those methane signatures they found earlier this year...
Life, anyone?
It's high time for a manned mission... sometime before 2035 or whatever NASA is aiming for.
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:08:22 PM PDT
by
Termite_Commander
(Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
To: Termite_Commander
Yes, it is!! Mars has always intrigued me, but lately even more so.
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:12:32 PM PDT
by
RockinRight
(I am beginning to think conservatism is buried somewhere under New Orleans' mud...)
To: RockinRight; All
Same with me.... It is time for humans to go...
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:14:00 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(the space/future belongs to the eagles --> http://www.cafepress.com/kevinspace1)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:18:20 PM PDT
by
Termite_Commander
(Warning: Cynical Right-winger Ahead)
To: KevinDavis
The apparent lack of water on the moon is what killed the Apollo program, politics and the short attention span of the general public aside. If there is water on Mars, and that there is water on Mars has been known for over two years, that impediment to a colony on Mars is gone.
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:20:27 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: RockinRight
"Yes, it is!! Mars has always intrigued me, but lately even more so."
Ditto! From the time that I was a wee lad, both the Moon and Mars have held a special fascination for me.
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:28:33 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
I think the more important question is: Do they have beer there? After months of travel through the cold vacuum of space I, for one, would be ready for a brewski.
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:33:02 PM PDT
by
KarinG1
To: KarinG1
"I think the more important question is: Do they have beer there? After months of travel through the cold vacuum of space I, for one, would be ready for a brewski."
If the astronauts take barley, hops, and brewer's yeast with them, then they could brew their own with the appropriate equipment. Talk about an exclusive micro-brew!
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:35:13 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
show conspicuous lines of debris in valleys,Signs of the first Mars garbage dump. Or else it is from Martians tossing out furniture, appliances and other garbage from their Marsmobiles.
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:55:31 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Government is running amuck)
To: Army Air Corps
If the astronauts take barley, hops, and brewer's yeast with them, then they could brew their own with the appropriate equipment. Talk about an exclusive micro-brew! And a real bargin at $10M a six pack.
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posted on
10/20/2005 7:57:57 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
To: AFreeBird
The question is what to name it.
Barsoom Brew?
Mars Brau?
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posted on
10/20/2005 8:00:40 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: KevinDavis
When is the Mars Express radar sounding data going to be made public?
To: Army Air Corps
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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posted on
10/20/2005 8:34:18 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
The question is what to name it. MARS Light
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posted on
10/20/2005 9:01:39 PM PDT
by
phantomworker
("I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe)
To: phantomworker
"MARS Light"
It could really live up to that moniker if it were brewed with heavy water.
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posted on
10/20/2005 9:03:39 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
Red Ale
Dead Red Ale
Marvin's Martian Ale
I don't know, we'll think of something.
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posted on
10/20/2005 9:23:47 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
To: AFreeBird
We have the beginnings of a marketing plan...
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posted on
10/20/2005 9:26:58 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
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