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schmenke
7th December 2006, 16:40
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mgs-20061206.html

Whattayall think? Intriguing, but personally, I think it's all a tad optimistic to think that liquid water can flow on Mars, even for a short period of time.

Brown, Jon Brow
7th December 2006, 17:19
I blame global warming...........

Eki
7th December 2006, 18:09
I blame Bush. He's so evil that Mars is crying.

BTCC Fan#1
7th December 2006, 18:50
The Martian surface contains a high level of peroxides (i.e. bleach), so I wouldn't wanna drink any of this water if it does exist.. :p

Although i'd like it to be water I suspect the deposits might be made of something else, it'll be difficult to actually ascertain that without a lander or even a manned mission.

AndySpeed
7th December 2006, 19:38
I don't doubt at all the probability that water has, and maybe even is, still flowing on Mars. But I find it hard to get excited as the quantities are tiny, infrequent, and the planet is pretty much geographically dead.

oily oaf
7th December 2006, 19:42
Send up a couple of Oatabix with the next martian probe.
That'll get rid of it.

Curryhead
7th December 2006, 19:58
could be interesting, just wait till someone reckons theres OIL up there.......I said OIL, not OILY :)

Powered by Cosworth
7th December 2006, 20:05
Is there some law that everything on Mars other than Mars itself is water :S

It could be a rock for all we know

schmenke
7th December 2006, 20:14
That's what I figure. What looks like water in those NASA images could just as easily be a rock slide :s

sonic_roadhog
7th December 2006, 21:25
Sort of on the same subject, you know those sites that offer you a chance to buy a piece of lunar land? If NASA do go ahead and build a moon base, will they have to pay me rent if they happen to choose my 1 acre of land?? ;) :p

Sonic :)

ian959
7th December 2006, 23:36
Its just the Martians having some fun with NASA - they really know how to get those NASA boffins excited and then terribly disappoint them. :D

harvick#1
7th December 2006, 23:46
I wish I worked for NASA, easiest job in the US, stare at Mars and find any little difference. also debating whether Pluto is or isn't a planet

Thor
8th December 2006, 03:56
Why water? Maybe it's a brewfactory

viper_man
8th December 2006, 04:06
Apparently some scientists are saying that the gulleys could have been created by strong winds rather than water. But I did also read that the water could have flowed only a few years ago, if so, how did we miss it?

Maybe they can send the new planet finding probe into Mars orbit to have a look.

tony_yeboah
22nd April 2007, 22:02
i think its a waste of money, concentrate are securing our own planets future before messing around with space programmes

LeonBrooke
22nd April 2007, 23:30
I always thought it was way too cold for liquid water on Mars... maybe they are being a bit too optimistic. However, it is always possible.....

veeten
23rd April 2007, 04:59
That's what I figure. What looks like water in those NASA images could just as easily be a rock slide :s

or maybe it's a waterslide. ;)

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!! :D

Mark in Oshawa
23rd April 2007, 07:38
Tony, it is simple. By learning more about Mars, we can use data there to learn about our planet ya yob. If Martian temps have gone up about 1 degree C on average in the same time it did here, we know damned well it wasn't man's CO2 output causing global warming. OH yes, I forgot, people like you don't want the real answer to global warming, you just want socialist programs to tell everyone how to modify their life to a common code as set out by the political elites. Cant have hard science getting in the way of the common good can we?