Nasa Confirms Water on Mars

http://news.cnet.com/2300-11397_3-62446 ... &subj=news







Thats a start, they were already fairly sure water did exist there anyway. Now when and if they discover life on Mars that would be very big news as it would completely re-shape how we view our universe.

In other NASA news, they also discovered liquid on Saturn's moon Titan.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/ ... 31,00.html

It isn't water but ethane and methane.

hey that's cool ... Someday soon we'll be able to go to mars and live there in some big-ass dome or something ...

And how about NASAtv broadcasting the total solar eclipse all day today, thats cool too.

NASAtv ... ? wow, first time I've seen that ... did a quick google ...

They have a 24 hour television web cast, its even on some satellite and cable providers. Its cool because they have total coverage of all the shuttle missions and big events at the space station, as well as normal scheduled programming. Dangit though, I block that at my firewall at work so that people in my office will actually work instead of goof off all day like I am right now on ozzu. Maybe I can open it up for a few hours....

hehe, nice ... maybe if they explore further on mars they'll find an ice cream parlor ... that would be SOOO cool ... I wish I had my own shuttle that I could send up and plant some things there for NASA to "discover" and make them get really confused.

This is great! These Mars missions have been incredibly successful.

I find it incomprehensible that there wouldn't be some form of life somewhere else in the universe. Even if it were just microbes or only a few photosynthesizing cells. Maybe not on Mars or within our solar system, but somewhere.

Ditto.

I just want to feel what it is like to have no gravity. A few weeks ago I canoed the Dismal River here in Nebraska, and along the way there is this big huge spring that has enough water coming up that you stay very boyant (spelling?). I think floating in that spring is probably pretty close to floating in space without gravity.

"Sir, we think we've found something here."

"What is it, Johnson?"

"Well sir, it... it appears to be a six-pack."

I agree, that would be an awful waste of space if there wasn't any life.

Finding life on Mars could prove that it is much more common in our universe though, which could change how we view many things from science to religion.

if there is traces of water, than there is a very good chance there still is NO LIFE ON MARS or EVER WAS.

The earth was around for 10 billion years before water grew life... Mars might have had water on its way to its current position in our solar system. However, that journey wouldn't stay in acceptable conditions long enough to let life grow.

Sorry, no aliens in this solar system. Unless life figured out a way to live in super cold temps or super hot temps (highly unlikely)

Maybe not this solar system, but probably else where.

Drake Equation

And besides, the Phoenix mission is not to find life on mars, but rather to find remnants of life on mars. Scientists already know that currently mars can't handle life without living in a biodome or something, but they speculate that years and years and eons ago mars could have supported life.