What is the source of the Martian water? Atmospheric? Geologic? A bit of
both like Earth? This certainly puts the issue of life on our NEIGHBOURING
planet to the test. Who said science and ignorance were not conspiratorial?
Alfred Webre
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:45:21 -0500
From: "Mark A. LeCuyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Water found on Mars
Source: Spaceflight Now
June 21, 2000
Water found on Mars
Confirming what scientists had long theorized, NASA is expected to
announce next week that water has been found on Mars. The
discovery,
if true, would have profound implications about whether there is or
was life on the Red Planet.
The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft currently orbiting the planet
made
the detection, according to a BBC news report today. MGS was
launched
in 1996 to map the Martian surface.
The report said evidence of liquid surface water was detected "in the
central part of the mighty Valles Marineris, the 6,000 km long
(3,700
miles) canyon that scars the Martian surface."
Images taken by MGS show blackish, or dirty, water seeping from
beneath the surface in an area of layered terrain and pooling.
The report said the seepage could occur only seasonally, explaining
why it had not been seen in all images taken of the region.
Because the Martian atmosphere is too thin, water is unable to
exist
on the planet's surface today. However, central parts of the Valles
Marineris canyon are a few miles lower than the rest of the surface,
giving credence to higher atmospheric pressure and the suspected
water
seepage.
Meanwhile, other scientists say they might have found similar water
seepage on the walls of at least two craters in other parts of the
planet Mars, the BBC report went on to say.
Rumors about the discovery were initially reported by the NASA
Watch
Web site earlier this week, which said the White House had been
briefed on a major finding by MGS. The site later reported a paper
was
being prepared for the upcoming issue of the journal Science.
NASA's long-term Mars exploration program, which suffered the
loss of
two robotic missions last year, has been geared toward finding
water
on Earth's neighbor. Vast oceans are believed to have once flowed
on
Mars and scientists have suspected some water might still be
trapped
below the planet's surface.
The ill-fated Mars Polar Lander probe was headed for the Martian
south
pole last December to dig for water ice just below the surface. But
the craft crashed.
Water is considered the cornerstone to life, and NASA's Mars
research
efforts have been dedicated to find evidence of past of present
water.
Such a discovery of water, space agency officials have said, would
be
a major step forward in answering the question of where life has ever
existed on the planet closest to Earth.
A NASA science briefing is tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT (1800
GMT) on Thursday, June 29.
Mark
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