Water Ice On Mars!

Demasu · 06-23-2008, 08:33 AM

So there's ice on mars, and it's not CO2 ice, it's H2O ice.

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Originally Posted by SpaceWeather.com

Scientists have figured out the mysterious white substance unearthed by NASA's Phoenix lander on Mars. It's frozen water. The breakthrough came last week when Phoenix's stereo camera caught the substance in the act of disappearing. Bathed in martian sunlight for four days, the white substance sublimated — i.e., it transformed from solid to gas without passing through the liquid state. This is how water behaves on Mars.... Some readers have asked, how do we know the white substance is not frozen CO2 (dry ice) instead of frozen water? Answer: Phoenix's landing site is too warm for dry ice. The average daily temperature is about -70 F while dry ice requires temperatures lower than about -109 F.

Link to spaceweather.com: http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?...h=06&year=2008
Link to slashdot article: http://science.slashdot.org/article....35223&from=rss

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Gator- · 06-23-2008, 08:42 AM

I want to see frogs ^_^

SkinkHero · 06-23-2008, 09:33 AM

Awesome though; should open up talks of possible/previous life there.

I have a lot I could type about Mars but I'll see how this thread turns out.

Nezumi · 06-23-2008, 12:40 PM

w007! I wonder if there's huge stores of it under the dust or what.

This might make a manned mars landing a lot more likely.

Alliteration!

KubeDawg · 06-23-2008, 02:49 PM

Ice was placed there by us.

Ihmhi · 06-23-2008, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by KubeDawg

Ice was placed there by us.

You know, that sounds crazy... but it's so little ice that it's not implausible.

If I saw like a frickin' huge lake or someshit, then it wouldn't be as suspicious lol...

Also, Occam's Razor. I'd like to just add that as a rebuttal.

Credge · 06-23-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Demasu

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WHY DO ROCKS DISAPPEAR IN THE BOTTOM ONE?

SkullBash · 06-23-2008, 07:31 PM

WHo says they are rocks? The fact that the disapear is what makes this find plausible to water that is melting. Otherwise it just looks like rocks. That's what NASA said "WTF did those rocks disapear????" And thus the discovery that followed.

Demasu · 06-23-2008, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Credge

WHY DO ROCKS DISAPPEAR IN THE BOTTOM ONE?

Rocks don't disappear, it's ice melting. The lander watched the ice sublimate for four days.

Credge · 06-23-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Demasu

Rocks don't disappear, it's ice melting. The lander watched the ice sublimate for four days.

ALIENS ARE ON MARS. AAAAHHH

uBeR · 06-23-2008, 09:27 PM

This doesn't really come as a surprise, as Mars has had ice for a long time, and in no small quantity, namely at in its polar ice caps.

Demasu · 06-23-2008, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by uBeR

This doesn't really come as a surprise, as Mars has had ice for a long time, and in no small quantity, namely at in its polar ice caps.

It's a surprise because it's thought the ice at the poles is carbon dioxide ice, not water. As far as I know we haven't had any good studies done of the poles to find out 100% what they are.

Paft · 06-23-2008, 10:34 PM

Mars is rubbish.

Credge · 06-23-2008, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Demasu

It's a surprise because it's thought the ice at the poles is carbon dioxide ice, not water. As far as I know we haven't had any good studies done of the poles to find out 100% what they are.

Nah, it's not a surprise. Scientists don't speculate beyond ice. We know ice is there, and that's all that's really gone into it. The reason it wasn't a surprise is because it was thought to be one of two things. If it were Einsteinium up there then we might be surprised.

BUT DEM ALIUMS BE MOOVIN DEM ROCKS

KubeDawg · 06-23-2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Credge

BUT DEM ALIUMS BE MOOVIN DEM ROCKS

LOL

Nezumi · 06-24-2008, 01:31 PM

Well the whole point of the Phoenis lander was to find water, and it did! Wahay!

Doctor Zyo · 06-24-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Paft

Mars is rubbish.

I agree, It's Earths Inbred Cousin.

And Venus being its Skanky sister.

Nezumi · 06-24-2008, 01:41 PM

Mercury is their retarded young brother.

Doctor Zyo · 06-24-2008, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Nezumi

Mercury is their retarded young brother.

DON'T TALK ABOUT HIM THAT WAY, HE STILL HAS FEELINGS, GODDAMNIT.

teh_rape · 06-24-2008, 04:26 PM

Pluto was kicked out of the family

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SkinkHero Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Awesome though; should open up talks of possible/previous life there. I have a lot I could type about Mars but I'll see how this thread turns out.

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SkullBash 333 (only half evil) Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	WHo says they are rocks? The fact that the disapear is what makes this find plausible to water that is melting. Otherwise it just looks like rocks. That's what NASA said "WTF did those rocks disapear????" And thus the discovery that followed.

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