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Mars lander finds minerals suggesting past water

Mars lander finds minerals suggesting past water
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AP - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. Soil experiments revealed the presence of two minerals known to be formed in liquid water. Scientists identified the minerals as calcium carbonate, found in limestone and chalk, and sheet silicate.

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water suggesting minerals finds lander Mars

I thought we would find water on mars. To see snow falling is a good sign of water.

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New minerals point to wetter Mars

A new class of minerals found on Mars suggests liquid water stayed on the planet's surface a billion years later than first thought.
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water suggesting minerals finds lander Mars

I think this is good news. Maybe the water is still around someplace where we can get it back on the planet to help support life.

water suggesting minerals finds lander Mars

Nasa finds 'missing' Mars mineral

A US probe spots rocks on Mars that suggest the planet would have been more hospitable for life than previously thought.
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Mars lander finds minerals suggesting past water

Sounds to me that there was and still is water on the planet. This is good news to us as we can now get over there and start to colonize the solar system. I think that life on mars would be interesting. I am sure if we dig under ground we will find plenty of water on this planet. If not import more water from the moon Titan.

Edited: KNtoran on 19th Dec, 2008 - 7:07pm

Mars lander finds minerals suggesting water

Briny pools 'may exist on Mars'

Pools of salty water might be able to exist just below the surface of Mars, planetary scientists tell a major US conference. Ref. Source 4

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I believe the three photos on the page says it all. There is water on mars. I do not agree with some that say those are just frost. Something they are missing is that you need water to have frost. Frost is the frozen aspect of your morning dew. Frost last I looked did not bubble and move. We now know we have water there. Lets get some manned craft to the red planet.