UM-Bot Posted December 21, 2007 #1 Share Posted December 21, 2007 A probable active glacier has been identified for the first time on Mars. The icy feature has been spotted in images from the European Space Agency's (Esa) Mars Express spacecraft. Ancient glaciers, many millions of years old, have been seen before on the Red Planet, but this one may only be several thousand years old. The young glacier appears in the Deuteronilus Mensae region between Mars' rugged southern highlands and the flat northern lowlands. View: Full Article | Source: BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondhand Posted December 21, 2007 #2 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredimus Posted December 21, 2007 #3 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Not just cool, but amazing. This opens up so many possibilities. Water on the red planet would actually help us in establishing a biosphere that could enable us to set up a permanent base there for future exploration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Cheese~ Posted December 21, 2007 #4 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Neat-O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Sullivan Posted December 21, 2007 #5 Share Posted December 21, 2007 That's really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobolds Posted December 21, 2007 #6 Share Posted December 21, 2007 no matter what we need to send people there . sending robotic machine there is useless cause what the machine can do is to verify things we know only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kia.Dragon.Skullz Posted December 22, 2007 #7 Share Posted December 22, 2007 nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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