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Lucylastic -> Water Found on Mars (8/4/2008 6:32:23 AM)
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=7259 Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies water vapors produced by the heating of samples. "We have water," says William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). "We've seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time martian water has been touched and tasted." ALso From NASA site http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html

Vendaval -> RE: Water Found on Mars (8/4/2008 7:56:11 AM)
Thank you for sharing, Lucy. [:)]

SummerWind -> RE: Water Found on Mars (8/4/2008 11:19:14 AM)
Beer found in garage...... Let me know if they discover martian life........if the martians attack....don't bother

DomDolf -> RE: Water Found on Mars (8/4/2008 6:00:09 PM)
From the below linked article: Water, of course, is essential to life as we know it, but project scientist Peter Smith said they've found more than just water. "We're also finding nutrients - sodium, potassium, magnesium, fluorides - things that we find in our own bodies and are definitely nutrients that are important for life. However, we have yet to discover organic materials." Smith said it will be for future Mars missions to determine whether life has ever existed on Mars. In the meantime, NASA has extended the Phoenix mission for another month, through the end of September. http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2008-08-01-voa57.cfm

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