Immense ice deposits found at south pole of Mars

Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | 3-16-07 | Will Dunham

[CondorFlight]

Get Schwarzenegger!
He knew how to save Mars back in "Total Recall".

With an atmosphere there, we can start building vacation condos.

[wolfcreek]

"We'll take Mars!"


I think it should be the other way around. Then We can laugh at them when they screw it up.

[Pharmboy]

Ha! I just put the salt that was left over from the winter in the back of the garage (northern NJ) and now I have to retrieve it since we're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. Durn global cooling...er, I mean warming...oh--whatever.

[patton]

Sublimation, anyone? Nobody at nasa has ever heard of Boyle's Law?

Sheez.

[Pharmboy]

He was a right-wing God, after all...

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

That would be helpful in shutting the overpopulationists up.

Though Martin humans would be taller than Earthling humans--though weaker, too.

[RightWhale]

When did this happen?

Not long ago. Very recently according to the Van Flandern hypothesis.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Martian.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

if anyone knows why the moisture would migrate to the polar regions of the planet.

just my guess......given Mars position as relates to the Sun, sunlight must travel thru more atmosphere at the N and S poles, which decreases the heat reaching the surface, compared to its equator. Same reason the Earth's warmest temps are on the equator, LOL

[Carry_Okie]

Hmmm... maybe the orbit was different?

Where's a latter day Velikovsky when things get interesting?

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The Italian who stated that supposedly used canalli, which was improperly translated "canals," instead of the proper "channels."

[Ben Mugged]

I'm kind of curious if anyone knows why the moisture would migrate to the polar regions of the planet.

Dynamic cooling. The entire planet undergoes periodic cooling and warming but the extreme poles are relatively stable. The water in temperate regions tends to evaporate and enter the atmosphere and evenly precipitate all over the planet. The water in the polar extremes tends to remain there once deposited. After the atmosphere was dissipated, the resulting deep freeze kept the status quo with the majority of water located at the poles.

[cripplecreek]

The Martians better be able to withstand radiation from space too.

[GenuineChocolateFace]

Uh oh! I can see it now - any further exploration of Mars is halted because of threats of "Martian Warming"...

[Chinito]

Quaid - start the reactor!

[Wonder Warthog]

"Once they find life, it will be over for NASA."

Whyever would it "be over"?? I would think finding life on Mars (even bacterial) would BOOST the space program--not kill it.

[cripplecreek]

There are plenty of so called 'progressives' out there who are opposed to any space exploration till we "fix this planet".

[threeleftsmakearight]

It's already been warmed, that's why the water ice is only at the poles now.

[GenuineChocolateFace]

Well, that's because they figure they learned everything anyone could possibly need to know, sitting at the feet of their gods in college. Why should humanity need to explore further, or learn more about anything? They already know it all! Just ask them, they'll tell you!

[Daus]

I'm kind of curious if anyone knows why the moisture would migrate to the polar regions of the planet

Because one million years ago, the president of the United States of Mars, Sal Gore, convinced the entire population of Mars that it was too warm on the planet and inacted scientific programs to 'fix' the planet. :) The road to an arid, un-populated planet is paved with good intentions.