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'We thought it was impossible:' Water frost on Mars discovered near Red Planet's equator (www.space.com)

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow that's incredible. We're still making such incredible discoveries despite Mars being so close to home.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Funny how we consider that "close" in terms of space. It's such a massive distance we can't really comprehend it and it's only the first planet out from us. Even at the speed of light it would take 3 minutes+ to get there! I'm no spacengineer but that's like 186k miles per sec. Or something. Space is big. Really big.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Also, the comparatively small and weak gravitational field of Mars has made it a most challenging target in the solar system, behind only Mercury and the Sun itself.
Of course, through trial and error, with better know-how and tech, they have gotten increasingly competent and even reliable at the task.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

For comparison, you can travel around the Earth's equator several times per second at the speed of light.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Bigger even than 1989 Belgian techno anthem "Pump up the Jam".