Life on Mars?

[ultima]

insomniac17 said:

ultima said:

insomniac17 said:

susymar said:
That would too much sci-fi.

There's another explanation for shure, meanwhile this leaks into the media so NASA can have some atention and people think that "they are doing something with our taxes"

The other explanation is the reaction between volcanic rock and water, which would be good because that means there's water on Mars. So either way, it's a win win situation. Go Mars!

Yes, there is water on Mars, but how is that a win? Water is a very simple chemical substance made out of very abundant elements.

Because if we were ever to go to Mars, water has a ton of potential uses, and the fact that people need it survive... well, if it's already there, that would reduce a TON of weight, and because of that, greatly reduce the cost. Not to mention the uses for fuels, and things like that. Just because it's a "simple chemical substance made out of very abundant elements" doesn't mean that it's not something that's very useful. If you're curious, my chemistry professor spent a whole class talking about getting to Mars, and water was a huge part in that. I can talk about it more later, but I have to go to sleep for a calc review at 7 tomorrow.

Sure, I'd love to hear more about this.

If by "ever going to Mars", you mean an expedition, then I guess you're right in that it would be really useful. But water as fuel? That really makes no sense to me...