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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] 52 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Another one for the books!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_discoveries_of_water_on_Mars

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

Oh great. More places we won't be able to send rovers then.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

That is a very weird take for such amazing news

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Isn't that Olympus Mons? 7 miles up?

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 months ago (2 children)

somebody stop Nestle before it's too late

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

🥂 this mf lmao

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

wait til they find oil...

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

Materialize some non-white insurgents, FREE 🦅 them, profit

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Oil discovered on Mars

US gov: So anyways, we've decided that we suddenly LOVE NASA and are going to divert 1T$ to it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Breaking news: terrorist operation discovered on Mars, potential of wmds.

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[–] [email protected] 157 points 4 months ago (4 children)

In my lifetime we've gone from 'there's no water on Mars' to 'there's tons of water all over the equator, evaporating into the atmosphere daily then freezing on the surface at night'. Which is pretty cool.

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[–] [email protected] 151 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Quick, send 200 billionaires to Mars to confirm this.

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

But don't bring them back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Don't send Elon, though. I'd rather we not contaminate the planet.

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

Careful! I’m told those individuals are responsible for nearly all productive work on the planet.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just give first dibs to Nestle. They will find a way to get there.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I doubt it. There are no indigenous people there that rely on that water so nestle wouldn't be motivated enough to get it.

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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] 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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

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