fuel<\/a> for the return trip to Earth. I suppose it would depend on the source of the water (underground versus atmospheric) the exact composition of the salts and how easily they can be extracted. <\/p>\nThis discovery gives me hope that we will go to Mars, and that someday we’ll have self sustaining colonies there.<\/p>\n
This is progress and perhaps this discovery will spark a whole new generation of scientists.<\/p>\n
Yes, I’m a geek, I love science and NASA!<\/p>\n
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I also learned something else during this morning’s announcement.<\/p>\n
Under no circumstances should you monitor the Twitter #askNASA hashtag during the announcement of a discovery.<\/p>\n
You’re suddenly exposed to a planet full of (paraphrasing Marvin here<\/em>) “depressingly stupid people.”<\/p>\nHonestly, some of the questions were so stupid as to actually cause<\/strong> brain damage, which is a mercy since the damage occurs in the hippocampus and effectively erases the memory of the question instantly.<\/p>\nThe effect leaves a trace of revulsion and disgust, which I suspect is the brain’s way of preventing further assault,without having to process the stupidity again.<\/p>\n
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In my case I shut down Twitter and the feeling passed immediately.<\/p>\n
What was it The Keeper of Talos IV said? “Punishment and Reward, you’ll find it’s an effective combination.<\/em>”<\/p>\nReward your favorite Scientist with a hug or compliment today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This is very cool. The remote sensing work to confirm the hypothesis is elegant. I wonder, if the hypothesis is actually proven, or do we only call it proven when one of our machines or a human takes a physical sample and confirms water and perchlorate salts. This makes me wonder if future explorers could, … <\/p>\n
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