Dante Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Mars has vast glaciers hidden under aprons of rocky debris near mid-latitude mountains, a new study confirms, pointing to a new and large potential reservoir of life-supporting water on the planet. These mounds of ice exist at much lower latitudes than any ice previously found on the red planet. "Altogether, these glaciers almost certainly represent the largest reservoir of water ice on Mars that's not in the polar caps," said John Holt of the University of Texas at Austin and the main author of the study. "Just one of the features we examined is three times larger than the city of Los Angeles and up to one-half-mile thick, and there are many more." The gently sloping mid-latitude debris flows have puzzled scientists since they were revealed by NASA's Viking orbiters in the 1970s — they looked very different than the fans and cones of debris found near mountains and cliffs in Mars' equatorial regions. www.space.com waits for total recall quotes from evilmurray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 waits for total recall quotes from evilmurray. I was just on my way to make this topic as well, had this link copied and everything you sunnova beech. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081120/tsc-evidence-of-vast-frozen-water-reserv-e123fef.html Seriously though, if we staaht the reacktor we'd be in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 I was just on my way to make this topic as well, had this link copied and everything you sunnova beech.http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081120/tsc-evidence-of-vast-frozen-water-reserv-e123fef.html Seriously though, if we staaht the reacktor we'd be in business. DA REACTOR MAAKES AIIIIR! GIVE THEES PEEPOL AIIR! Seriously, this is pretty awesome. Go, Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Always liked Mars. [/setup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyboy-the-Dane Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 "Sun Nova"? Ironic. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 All they need to do now is build an ice melting reaktor that somehow makes an entire atmosphere out of steam in about 30 seconds. Then we're in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 All they need to do now is build an ice melting reaktor that somehow makes an entire atmosphere out of steam in about 30 seconds. Then we're in business. It's there, all we have to do is find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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