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'Up to half' of Mars may have ice




Topic started on 2-5-2007 @ 06:20 PM by Black_Fox



(BBC)-Scientists in the US say that initial data from a new way of scanning Mars has shown up to half of the Red Planet's surface may contain ice.

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The data could prove vital for the Phoenix Mars Mission which launches this August and which will put a lander on the surface to dig for ice.

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reply posted on 2-5-2007 @ 06:25 PM by sy.gunson


Fantastic news for an eventual manned mission to Mars. It bolsters the evidence from apparent dried up water courses on Mars which suggest the planet was once more like Earth.

Next question is if we terraform Mars, will we re awaken freeze dried Martian microbial life and are we a threat to that life or vice verce ?



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reply posted on 2-5-2007 @ 06:51 PM by iori_komei



Originally posted by sy.gunson
Next question is if we Teraform Mars, will we re awaken freeze dried Martian microbial life and are we a threat to that life or vice verce ?


Firstly I'd like to say those are very good questions.

I'll attempt to answer them.


When we do go there, any life we find will already be 'awake', that is it
will not be in hibernation/stasis.

We will not know if we are a threat to any life on Mars or vice-versa,
though it may be or it may not, we really just don't know.

Though if any life does exist on Mars, it would most likely have to be
based on different water mixtures than life on Earth has evolved.



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