"vast" amounts of water on Mars pole!!

Has anyone else seen this on www.drudgereport.com... , it says developing but there is nothing about it on www.nasa.gov...

Could this be the BIG news. The proof once and for all...?

is that drudger site a bit of a jokey site?

if not, where did they get this info from?



that is all they have on the subject

yeah, I know I was going to get back on it...

I wonder if it snows on Mars. They do get plenty of weather. Snowboarding in 1/6th the gravity would be unbelievible. Id sign up for a snowboard trip to Mars in a heartbeat.

Mars has polar ice caps. We've known this for years. It's not water ice, though, it's dry ice. Frozen carbon dioxide.

DC

yeah, DC always shoots me down... but this time I got Matt. and he will some through this time... I hope

How do you know its dry ice?

he dosen't but THEY do

...I don't know, man, I saw it on TV.

I'll find a link.

And I'm not shooting anyone down. I'm just denying ignorance.

DC

Ok, here it is, but according to Space Kids, we're both right.

They are comprised mostly of dry ice, but there is probably some water ice.

DC

P.S. If you don't trust Space Kids, find your own link. I trust Space Kids!

[Edited on 17-3-2004 by DeltaChaos]

oh no man, I'm happy you said so becasue I was about to stop waiting for him but I know he wil post a link....

None of us have been there and those measurements are iffy at best, I like the idea of snowboarding on Mars and even powdered frozen CO2 would be good enough, so the real question is can we do fun stuff on Mars when we go there?

Sorry, no surfing, but you might be able to get some snowboarding in if you could stand -150 degrees F.

I'll bet there's some killer rock climing potential, though!

DC

jrod, the spectral analysis is hardly 'iffy at best'. What a strange thing to say.

As far as water ice at the Martian Poles, the ESA orbiter did detect water ice at the south pole a few months ago, maybe thats what drudge was on about?

(Still mostly Dry Ice however.)

I assume there will be some special suit that would enable you to run around and be active on Mars. A round of golf up there would be awesome too, 1 mile+ drives should be no problem.

too bad I have a slice...

The Drudge Report is regularly referred to by mainstream and major media types. It is usually politically slanted though. Great to see a space story on it thought.

This post is really of the AWFUL variety...no content whatsoever. I think this type of discussion is why BTS was created.

Lukefj,

Excuse me? Please explain?

[Edited on 17-3-2004 by Facefirst]

Don't know about snow, but the Viking 2 lander did show some pics of frost...

This color image shows a thin layer of water ice frost
on the martian surface at Utopia Planitia.

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov...


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