According to NASA Mars Exploration Program lead scientist Michael Meyer, the latest evidence appears to reveal recent water flow on the surface of the red planet. Scientists examined photos sent by Global Surveyor and compared the latest photos with the ones sent seven years ago and observed that water had flowed through the 20 craters they detected recently.NASA believes water may have come up from under the surface and flowed long enough to have left traces. Water on the red planet would freeze at the surface. Previously scientists proved there is water on Mars in the form of gas and ice. Global Surveyor was launched on Nov. 7 1997 to map the red planet and it has been operating for a long time.
Still, as the world population hovers around ten billion and the first shuttles lift off for the new colony, it’s reassuring that water droplets will be worth their weight in terrestrial gold - so that’s the currency issue sorted out already.
How far is Mars from the moon? Just wondered in case I became very thirsty during my space trip.
ReplyDeleteI was going to leave a comment about the Americans using Space only as a new war front and all that, then decided I've had too much Limoncello!
ReplyDeleteWe could use some of that water here in Adelaide at the moment. Also the 10 cm projected for Scotland this weekend would be good.
ReplyDeleteI've just read another MSM story on it, suggesting that people could be sent there to settle. Whoa, boy!
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