Evidence Mounts for Mid-Mars Water

discoverychannel.com ^ | 10/19/05

[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.

[KevinDavis]

Well since there is water I guess it is time to start a Mars Colony...

[KevinDavis]

[Termite_Commander]

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.

[RockinRight]

Yes, it is!! Mars has always intrigued me, but lately even more so.

[KevinDavis]

Same with me.... It is time for humans to go...

[Termite_Commander]

The Homestead Project: Making a Mars Settlement a Reality

Mildly aged article.

[RightWhale]

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.

[Army Air Corps]

"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.

[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.

[Army Air Corps]

"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!

[taxesareforever]

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.

[AFreeBird]

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.

[Army Air Corps]

The question is what to name it.
Barsoom Brew?
Mars Brau?

[Fitzcarraldo]

When is the Mars Express radar sounding data going to be made public?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

[Army Air Corps]

Now, THAT is a label!

[phantomworker]

The question is what to name it.

MARS Light

[Army Air Corps]

"MARS Light"

It could really live up to that moniker if it were brewed with heavy water.

[AFreeBird]

Red Ale
Dead Red Ale
Marvin's Martian Ale

I don't know, we'll think of something.

[Army Air Corps]

We have the beginnings of a marketing plan...