Comments on: Water on Mars? Not So Fast

By: trevorblanco

trevorblanco — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:11:47 +0000

I can’t believe in the 21st century we’re still trying to prove water exists’ on Mars. I thought we Earthlings we’re so smart.
Considering the billions spent I think we should have proven by now water is on Mars, Cricky!

By: thegathered

thegathered — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:03:33 +0000

I read the abstract document, it illustrates a rather unique method to determine facts but lacks exact data for determination of what dry material could flow in such a way, chemical elements can be tricky whereas the model did not state that any absorption of liquid was occurring or not into the defined gully down its wall. The value of knowing which material is important to distinguish it from a general material which the surface would have been abundant of, such is the case of lava dust as which can settle over a span of time esp. on side walls of a gully since a flat surface dust granules would tend to move to fill voids of ditches and trenches and be blown into piles. A molecular fine dust would be so sensitive that the slightest object dropped onto it would cause a landslide affect which is what we are seeing in the photos. If we could obtain newer photos it would clarify how the slide was begun as long as a upper landslide did not cover the previous slide. It is not water but of a granular form and it shows disruption so heavier material is being added as the flow approaches lower levels. A object as small as a softball flying through the air tossed from a volcanic eruption could cause the result we see in the photo hitting directly. A smaller object such as a marble would have to travel across the surface of the material covering approximately the same area to cause a landslide. Either penetration point would be covered by the upper downflow of material.

By: Z-MAN

Z-MAN — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:23:10 +0000

93 million miles from the blistering surface of the sun hangs the planet earth,a rotating sphere perfectly suspended in the center of the universe,the size,position and angle of the earth is a scientific phenomenon,a few degrees closer to the sun wed disintegrate,a few degrees further wed freeze.
the axis of the earth is tilted at a perfect 23 degree angle,and its no mistake that it is,this allows equal global distribution to the rays of the sun,making it possible for the food chain to exist,or take for example the combination of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere we breathe every day,it just happens to be the exact mix that life needs to prosper,it doesnt happen on any other planet that way,

By: Z-MAN

Z-MAN — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:05:30 +0000

there is no life out there,everything that exists out there is right here on earth

By: WDJ

WDJ — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:08:34 +0000

Regardless of some people beliefs, if humankind wants to survive, we’ll need to colonize other planets. Eventually, earth will be without recources, too overpopulated and with all those killer asteroids flying around, it’s far too dangerous to put all our eggs in one basket (earth)

By: Quietman

Quietman — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:38:33 +0000

Jock
I believe that the reason the next lander will be near the poles is to settle that issue once and for all.

By: jock59801

jock59801 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:53:32 +0000

But I think there was other evidence that Spirit and Opportunity found that strongly argued for the previous existence of liquid water (hematite, etc.). I’m not sure where these arguments stand, but this “landslide” or whatever it was is not the only piece of evidence.
Russ – I have heard that there is some frozen water at the poles, but I thought most of the polar ice caps were carbon dioxide??

By: Quietman

Quietman — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:43:41 +0000

Russ
The issue isn’t frozen water, It’s about liquid water. The Martian surface is too cold for liquid water so they got excited when they saw what they viewed as an anomaly.

By: Russ

Russ — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:40:18 +0000

This whole argument infuriates me. We know there is water on Mars and have known of it’s existence for decades (At the poles.).
This article is simply about a single anomaly and it’s interpretation.
Expanding this report into an argument about this existence of water on Mars is absurd.

By: PQQAm

PQQAm — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:20:37 +0000

People who might say that aliens planted life here on earth have more reason than evolution. There is still the problem of who made the aliens, how they got here, where they went from here and why they came or why they went.
The only story that has any reason at all is that God created the heavens, the earth and put all of the life on earth that we see. Our existence is the proof of God that everyone keeps demanding to see. How much proof do you want?