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Water Ice Exposed in Mars Craters
space.com ^ | 09/24/09 | Andrea Thompson

Posted on 09/24/2009 5:21:28 PM PDT by KevinDavis

Craters gouged into the ruddy Martian terrain have revealed subsurface water ice closer to the red planet's equator than would be expected, new orbiter images show.

The ice also seems to be 99 percent pure, instead of the dirty dust and ice mixture some scientists expected to see, scientists said today.

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mars; space

1 posted on 09/24/2009 5:21:28 PM PDT by KevinDavis
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To: reader25; july4thfreedomfoundation; NorwegianViking; UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide; AdvisorB; ...


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2 posted on 09/24/2009 5:22:00 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Can't Stop the Signal!)
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Good news!


3 posted on 09/24/2009 5:22:19 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: KevinDavis
Mmmmm...Italian Water Ice on a hot summer day in Philly


4 posted on 09/24/2009 5:25:51 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: KevinDavis

the Chinese, Indians, Zorastrisks and whoever else decides to make the plunge into space.. will benefit from all our hard work now that zer0bama is turning us into Kenya West...and our space program will be a potato cannon but we wont be able to afford the potato...


5 posted on 09/24/2009 5:29:14 PM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: KevinDavis

Next, Evian will establish a bottling plant...


6 posted on 09/24/2009 5:35:29 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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How does Ares Ales or Mars Beer sound??


7 posted on 09/24/2009 5:36:35 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Can't Stop the Signal!)
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Xenu Brew? :-)


8 posted on 09/24/2009 5:40:13 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: Army Air Corps; All

If I go with that. I would have to change my name to John Smtih.. If you know what I mean ;)


9 posted on 09/24/2009 5:42:26 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Can't Stop the Signal!)
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To: KevinDavis

One of the best episodes ever.


10 posted on 09/24/2009 5:43:45 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: KevinDavis
ice also seems to be 99 percent pure

Well that odd...

11 posted on 09/24/2009 5:44:27 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Obama plans to fix America like he fixed his dog)
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To: KevinDavis

I’m drink’in but it will be expensive.


12 posted on 09/24/2009 5:47:29 PM PDT by bmwcyle (We need more Joe Wilson's. OBAMA is ACORN ACORN is OBAMA)
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To: KevinDavis
Clear clean water-ice on mars? They're grasping at images far too unclear. But no matter, my bet is that this world won't see a manned probe to Mars any time within the foreseeable future.

We're broke, more or less, and 'scientists' are too stupid these days - just look at all the climate-change mania. Sadly, another World War is far more likely.

13 posted on 09/24/2009 8:29:36 PM PDT by Ron C.
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Looking at “World Leaders” at the UN should make any one sick.


14 posted on 09/25/2009 3:55:30 AM PDT by bmwcyle (We need more Joe Wilson's. OBAMA is ACORN ACORN is OBAMA)
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