Flowing water discovered on Mars!

[virtualpilot45]

NASA believes they have found flowing water on the surface of Mars

Edit: Removed link which was previously showing live press conference.

[blackparticle]

Wow. That must be some pretty salty water to remain liquid at those temperatures. Still, it improves the chance of a manned mission considerably.

[Anders]

Wow! that is very interesting, a huge breakthrough if it appears to be true when the russians land

[Superewza]

Wow. That must be some pretty salty water to remain liquid at those temperatures. Still, it improves the chance of a manned mission considerably.

They said it would probably be easier to use the ice on Mars for practical manned uses, but this liquid water could potentially help to support certain organisms.

[Si W]

And even the possibility of the existence of life, very probably bacterial, if it does exist we need to be careful not to contaminate there environment.

[Earl]

I think it could be very sound to say as "where there's muck there's coin" "where's there is water there is life."

[blackparticle]

They said it would probably be easier to use the ice on Mars for practical manned uses

I don't think the first manned missions will rely on finding water on the surface to sustain the astronauts. But certainly down the line, the discovery of liquid water offers vast potential for a sustained presence.

[chemtom24]

earl, thats true for earth and i certianly think it will turn out to be true for space too.

[todd8137]

they also said they landed on the moon ,and then stopped jaxa show in the pics of that area, of the landing site

[TFC]

Don't get your hopes up - there's no mention of finding liquid water on Mars:

"A sequence of images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show many long, dark "tendrils" a few metres wide."

Could be caused by anything

[Superewza]

Don't get your hopes up - there's no mention of finding liquid water on Mars:

"A sequence of images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show many long, dark "tendrils" a few metres wide."

Could be caused by anything

As they said in the news announcement on NASA TV, they think flowing water is the most likely explanation. They're seasonal, occur only in warmer places on the planet and don't have the signs associated with landslides or dust storms.