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>> Anonymous
Please explain anon
>> Anonymous
>>1235018
could be water on mars or salt they don't know yet
>> Anonymous
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/06_19_pr.php

Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice

June 19, 2008 -- Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.

"It must be ice," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson. "These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence that it's ice. There had been some question whether the bright material was salt. Salt can't do that."

The chunks were left at the bottom of a trench informally called "Dodo-Goldilocks" when Phoenix's Robotic Arm enlarged that trench on June 15, during the 20th Martian day, or sol, since landing. Several were gone when Phoenix looked at the trench early today, on Sol 24.

Also early today, digging in a different trench, the Robotic Arm connected with a hard surface that has scientists excited about the prospect of next uncovering an icy layer.

The Phoenix science team spent Thursday analyzing new images and data successfully returned from the lander earlier in the day.

Studying the initial findings from the new "Snow White 2" trench, located to the right of "Snow White 1," Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis, co-investigator for the robotic arm, said, "We have dug a trench and uncovered a hard layer at the same depth as the ice layer in our other trench."

On Sol 24, Phoenix extended the first trench in the middle of a polygon at the "Wonderland" site. While digging, the Robotic Arm came upon a firm layer, and after three attempts to dig further, the arm went into a holding position. Such an action is expected when the Robotic Arm comes upon a hard surface.
>> Anonymous
Dear Anon please see Jon Stewart/Steven Colbert and the "White stuff"
>> Anonymous
So...when are we gonna colonize this shit?
>> Anonymous
>>1235079
When China decides to do it.
>> Anonymous
>>1235079
After we figure out how to get to the moon.
>> Anonymous
>>1235079
How about never? You may as well colonize the Moon. Seriously. What does Mars have that the moon doesn't?

Earth Orbit > Moon > Venus > Jupiter > Saturn > Ceres > Uranus > Neptune > Pluto > Mercury > Mars

Mars should be the last planet we look at. We know more than enough already, it's time we moved our scientific inquiries onto another planet.

The Moon can be used as a base for highly sensitive telescopes. Earth orbit can be used for space colonies. Venus' upper atmosphere can be colonized by floating cities. There's so much we don't know about the gas giants it isn't even funny, and their moons are a treasure trove of goodies. Pluto is one of the furthest objects from the sun, figuring out what it's made of could tell us a lot.

Mars is small enough that you can't live on the planet for very long without developing musculoskeletal defects. Things like Osteoporosis. This also means it can't support an atmosphere even if we loaded the planet up with oxygen. The molecules will just evaporate into space. It's also really, really far away, making it too expensive to strip mine or even live on.

Mars is a really bad choice for pretty much anything. You choose somewhere else in the solar system, and it would be a better place to visit than Mars.
>> Anonymous
>>1235202
Thats...quite informative, But why in the hell is nasa so obsessed with Mars then?
>> Anonymous
>>1235202
Floating cities? Fuck off, this isn't Cowboy Bebop or any other fagass sci-fi anime.
>> Anonymous
It's there and they haven't been yet?
>> Anonymous
We're whalers on the Moon, we carry a harpoon. But there aint no whales so we tell tall tales and sing our whaling tune.
>> Anonymous
>>1235079
When we find oil on it, so we can bring democracy to Mars
>> Anonymous
Rocks magically disappear.
>> Anonymous
I'm pretty sure it's a guy fapping.
I see eyes and I see what looks like a hand going on a dick.
>> Anonymous
Mars had it's atmosphere blown off by large impacts. The "ice" they found would be proof enough that at some point Mars had a functional atmosphere with earth-like(Not same so fuck off) gravity.
The Moon would actually be a fantastic place to launch ships from. The extremely low gravity, distance and total lack of any atmospheric resistance would make any form of launch child's play. We burn alot of fuel getting a shuttle out of earth's orbit.
>>1235202
Deep space telescopes would get destroyed. So much debris in space. Shit the size of a marble traveling many many times the speed of sound? Nothing to slow it down. Our atmosphere breaks most of it down. I mean, shit. How many times has the Hubble been repaired? OH SHIT, DUST ON THE MIRRORS!
Fucks the whole shit up...
>> Anonymous
TWO WEEKS
>> noname
i ruv azn gurls. i gotta godzerra growing in my pants!
>> Anonymous
>>1235309
ghonorehha isn't a good thing.
>> Anonymous
>>1235013
Mife? on Lars?
>> Anonymous
>>1235202It's also really, really far away, making it too expensive to strip mine or even live on....There's so much we don't know about the gas giants it isn't even funny, and their moons are a treasure trove of goodies

lol wut?
>> Anonymous
Tewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeks
>> Boros !9kbJjvwmwE
HOLY SHIT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?

those ice chunks are relitavely gigantic. Scientists expected to find small pockets of ice....20 feet down, but this is absolutely mind blowing. If ice can exist meer inches below the surface, real ICE CHUNKS, it's great news for terraforming.

fuck yes.
>> Boros !9kbJjvwmwE
>>1235307
>>1235425
...what are you referencing.
>> Anonymous
>>1235409
Though the anon you responded to was talking out his ass, NASA and other civilized groups of virgins have determined that the asteroid belt is comprised of "leftover" terrestrial material. The shit the solid planets are made of. What *might* be expected is a mineral ratio inside them similar to earth's, except the asteroid field has billions of times more mass.
>> Anonymous
>>1235426
Except the entire surface of Mars has been bombarded by millions of years of radiation and has been rendered completely sterile.
>> Anonymous
Sorry what?

Learn cosmological scale or GTFO. The inner asteroid belt has all of 3% the mass of our moon, so if I did my math corectly, less than 0.1% the mass of earth. Jupiter has only 300 ish times more mass than the earth. The Kuiper belt is perhaps one or two earth masses total. Jesus, there aren't billions of earth masses in our entire solar system.
>> Anonymous
>>1235458
oort cloud has a few earths! dont dis the cloud!
>> Anonymous
He's thinking of surface area
>> Anonymous
hey gaise whats goin on here
>> Anonymous
I dunno. I'm convinced there's not only water on Mars but life. I say, about the whole matter, what aren't they showing us? Looks to me like NASA and the government is leading us on.
>> Anonymous
>>1235202

i lol'd so hard... you're writing plain bullshit mate..
>> Anonymous
two points:

one - the government and its related organizations are machines whose main purpose is self-perpetuation. if you think they're there to serve the population, you're mistaken.

two - it's a very big universe, and we know very little about it. keep an open mind to the possibilities.
>> Anonymous
>>1235202
>. What does Mars have that the moon doesn't?

Ice
>> Satyr
who gives a fukk ? its a motherfukking mars , we live on earth
>> Anonymous
>>1235706
Becuse then we can move to Mars and destroy Earth, you ignorant idiot
>> Anonymous
>>1235714
fixed:
>Because then we can move to Mars and leave >the blacks and mexicans on Earth, you >ignorant idiot.
>> Anonymous
>>1235212

its not as retarded as it sounds. the atmosphere there is so dense it would similar to using the giant freighters we have right now. of course the gases are poisonous and probably corrosive, but the sheer amount of valuable gases should make it appealing (when space travel is developed enough) to industrial giants who want to expand, and earth has already been strip mined.
>> Anonymous
>>1235202
Hai your favorite movie must be Total Recall?
>> Anonymous
Earth mass:5.9736×10^24 kg
Surface gravity:9.780327 m/s²
0.99732 g

Mars mass:6.4185×10^23 kg
Surface gravity:3.69 m/s²
0.376 g

It's going to weaken whoever goes to mars unless they make a way to compensate for the lower gravity.
>> Anonymous
>>1236284
It's called exercise.
>> Anonymous
>>1235705

And what the fuck are you going to do with the ice there ?
>> Anonymous
>>1236284

Wear nigger clothing, that shit weighs u down.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>1236305
They do that to compensate for space missions but I heard being in low or no gravity for awhile fucks with your bone structure among other things
>> Anonymous
>>1236327
Snow cones.
>> Anonymous
i found ice in my fridge... do you want to colonize my fridge?
>> Anonymous
>>1236360

we should send a probe first
>> Anonymous
i even have some freeze pops! holy shit! get NASA on the phone!
>> Anonymous
>>1235426
re-read man,

DICE sized chunks
>> Anonymous
>>1235437

wow, you're a fucking retard
>> Anonymous
lol - i made that gif last fall