Comments on: Evidence of Rain on Mars http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/24/evidence-of-rain-on-mars/ Space and astronomy news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:07:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Coles http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/24/evidence-of-rain-on-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-33941 Chris Coles Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:42:47 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=18554#comment-33941 But the real answer is to revert to the classic books on survival in any desert. Where there are valley floors, where you will discover that on every part of this planet there are desert communities. When you dig into a desert valley floor you find water. A very good example is the Sahara Desert where they pump out water billions of years old from deep aquifers. Water might not have flowed on Mars for 4 billion years, but I will bet my right arm it exists in large quantities deep below the surface and that, in the valley floors, it may be close enough to the surface to be relatively easily accessible. But the real answer is to revert to the classic books on survival in any desert. Where there are valley floors, where you will discover that on every part of this planet there are desert communities. When you dig into a desert valley floor you find water. A very good example is the Sahara Desert where they pump out water billions of years old from deep aquifers. Water might not have flowed on Mars for 4 billion years, but I will bet my right arm it exists in large quantities deep below the surface and that, in the valley floors, it may be close enough to the surface to be relatively easily accessible.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/24/evidence-of-rain-on-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-33906 Ryan Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:26:25 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=18554#comment-33906 "this seems more like the comment of someone who is making sure that a statement is made that will devert any question of an opposing matter." I think it is more likely a statement to make sure that people are clear that they are talking about water in the distant past, and not the present. You might be surprised how many people think Mars's climate is a lot like the Earth's. "this seems more like the comment of someone who is making sure that a statement is made that will devert any question of an opposing matter."

I think it is more likely a statement to make sure that people are clear that they are talking about water in the distant past, and not the present. You might be surprised how many people think Mars's climate is a lot like the Earth's.

]]> By: willphoenix1 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/24/evidence-of-rain-on-mars/comment-page-1/#comment-33894 willphoenix1 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:44:17 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=18554#comment-33894 Just a thought, and in no way am I a conspiracy therorist, but I find it odd, and at the least somewhat patronizing, that the article would read that, "Today, Mars is a dry desert planet and water is no longer flowing through its valleys." As though we don't know this. Perhaps this was said for simplicity sake, but as someone who has worked in the behavioral health field for some time, this seems more like the comment of someone who is making sure that a statement is made that will devert any question of an opposing matter. For what reason, it's obviously not clear, but perhaps just something to think about...or not. Much Peace! Will Just a thought, and in no way am I a conspiracy therorist, but I find it odd, and at the least somewhat patronizing, that the article would read that, "Today, Mars is a dry desert planet and water is no longer flowing through its valleys." As though we don't know this. Perhaps this was said for simplicity sake, but as someone who has worked in the behavioral health field for some time, this seems more like the comment of someone who is making sure that a statement is made that will devert any question of an opposing matter. For what reason, it's obviously not clear, but perhaps just something to think about…or not.

Much Peace!

Will

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