Water Flowing On Mars

[Omaha Red Sox]

BREAKING NEWS: Liquid water is flowing on Mars right now: NASA
Updated Wed. Dec. 6 2006 1:22 PM ET

Peter McMahon , DiscoveryChannel.ca

NASA scientists announced Wednesday afternoon stunning revelations from Mars Global Surveyor: Cumulative evidence of liquid water flowing on Mars - not millions of years ago but right now.

MGS mission scientists showed changes in a gully in a crater that all but proves liquid flowed through the gully between 1999 and 2004.

"You've all heard of a smoking gun...This a squirting gun," said Mars Exploration Program scientist Michael Meyer.

The scientists say the water seen in the MGS images is the equivalent of 5-10 swimming pools.

The scientists also claim to have found evidence of crater formation from a recent meteor impact.

NASA recently lost contact with Mars Global Surveyor, but not before it was able to relay images of the water and crater formation over a short number of years.

Scientists say there are possibly so many meteors hitting Mars that if you lived there during a multi-year mission, you would likely be close enough to one of the impacts to hear it.

NASA says it will use this information for long-term plans for a manned mission to Mars later this century.

More details to come...

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[Coppermine]

I'm thirsty

[Yoda]

I think we will be extinct by the time Mars is habitable.

[acsguitar]

wooooooo this should solve all the worlds wars, stop hunger, and cure all diseases

[Half Massed]

Wow interesting news. Probably won't have much of an immediate effect on anything, but still interesting.

[eftda]

Somone should ebay mars water.

[Y`s Guy]

I'll bet if imagery came back that proved that there was oil under those rocks we would be there in 2 years with a couple of rigs and a tanker filling station.

[acsguitar]

Somone should ebay mars water.

man thats a good idea!

[The Miner Part 2]

I'll bet if imagery came back that proved that there was oil under those rocks we would be there in 2 years with a couple of rigs and a tanker filling station.

well first we would have to liberate the poor martian people from their oppressive government.

[suppasonic]

I'll bet if imagery came back that proved that there was oil under those rocks we would be there in 2 years with a couple of rigs and a tanker filling station.

well first we would have to liberate the poor martian people from their oppressive government.

I think that wouldn't be too hard. They'd have to be bacterial life, so all we would need is a spray can filled with water and ammonia.