07 December 2006

Mars

Not once upon a time. Not maybe. Not frozen.

Now. Definitely. Liquid.

Water on Mars.

Evidence has been found that liquid water is flowing on Mars, NASA scientists announced today. The unexpected find emerged from some 240,000 images taken by the long-orbiting Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Images taken of the same areas over time showed investigators that liquid water likely flowed through gullies in Martian craters during the past seven years. Telltale deposits of debris suggest that sediments were washed downhill by occasional liquid flows.
I know it's practically impossible to send people out to look. But there is still work to do here. We were given eyes, brains, and hands for a reason. Let's get with it.

2 comments:

Hecate said...

We were given eyes, brains, and hands for a reason. Let's get with it.



So we could fuck up several planets at once?

batojar said...

Sure thing, Hecate. While were busy Venus-forming Earth, we can terraform Mars (sorry Martian dudes). It's kind of like the Mad Hatter's Tea Party - everyone move one seat over (the guys on Neptune are as of recently out of luck).