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Houston, we have Ice!
| Quote From Source: | (05-31) 15:26 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Elated scientists probing the arctic surface of Mars with their newly-landed Phoenix spacecraft said Saturday they are convinced they have found a bright and shiny layer of real ice only inches beneath the Martian soil and directly under the body of the lander itself.
"It's the consensus of all of us that we have found ice," said Peter Smith of the University of Arizona in Tucson as he talked to reporters in a conference call only six days after Phoenix landed safely from Earth. "It's shiny and smooth -- it's absolutely astounding!"
But Smith did add a note of scientific caution: "It's not impossible that it's something else," he conceded, "but our leading interpretation is ice. We are looking at an extended table of ice."
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Can you say TERRAFORM? 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming
"Mother Nature is going to kick our ass" |
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DanG
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grooovy
hopefully in the near future my statement about there
'being life in at least 3 locations in our system'
will be proven true.
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MountainManMike
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3 locations? earth, mars and...? |
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DanG
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.... gas giant moon
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MountainManMike
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thanks. |
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Lander needs more equipment
Wouldn't you like to get a look at a 500 foot deep core drill sample from there, I sure as hell would. |
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MountainManMike
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and yet rocket scientist couldnt have figured that out. |
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