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"We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!!"

blog.wired.com — There is water ice on Mars within reach of the Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA scientists announced.

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  • Grifter801, on 06/20/2008, -9/+424Okay, now we found ice. Time to start drilling for oil!
  • matt510, on 06/20/2008, -1/+241Digging the actual story from the Phoenix mission might be better than from Wired. Here is the digg: http://digg.com/space/Perfect_Evidence_ICE_on_Mars
  • isuisorisuaint, on 06/20/2008, -13/+198"tweeted" is the gayest term ever.
  • borez, on 06/20/2008, -1/+134 Chemical analysis please. Then I'll cheer.
  • Rainemaker, on 06/20/2008, -2/+126Gross.
  • majestichazard, on 06/20/2008, -2/+118Obvious conclusion: aliens built the pyramids.
  • fluidfoundation, on 06/20/2008, -0/+90ok, we need rum, mint, and some sugar and we're set. on to venus.
  • blademanx, on 06/20/2008, -0/+71Scientific progress goes woot?
  • CrazyArcher, on 06/20/2008, -9/+77Ice doesn't have to be H20. A lot of things freeze into a white solid.
  • eschompthis, on 06/20/2008, -7/+62twitter is the gayest thing ever
  • bc289, on 06/20/2008, -5/+45nasa is confirming that it's ice. I don't know, I'm no scientist and maybe you are, but if nasa is going to confirm it, then I'll take their word for it.
  • majordanger, on 06/20/2008, -0/+34
    "... but the lander does not have instruments that could directly detect life."

    This is how you ensure future funding.. We need a sequel mission!!!!
  • BlackJackJester, on 06/20/2008, -0/+34GET TO DA LANDAA!!!
  • inactive, on 06/20/2008, -1/+28Yes and get to work on my Martian iced tea plz.
  • stopbrorape, on 06/20/2008, -0/+27I'll trust the science story with w00t in it.
  • damonic, on 06/20/2008, -0/+26Where is Arnold when you need him?
  • Twenty, on 06/20/2008, -3/+28Wait... didn't we already know that Mars had ice caps? From looking at it?
  • Snuff99, on 06/20/2008, -1/+24Old Alien Manjam.
  • Borgcube636, on 06/20/2008, -1/+24...ice cream? .. ohhhh....
  • matt510, on 06/20/2008, -0/+21The University of Arizona is who is running the mission in collaboration with NASA and JPL. Try looking things up first. You needed WHOIS to tell you that arizona.edu was U of A?

    And the discovery of ice in 2002 was just via satellite observation. This is the first observed ice on Mars. Proof that the theories were correct.
  • matt510, on 06/20/2008, -0/+17Dry Ice has already sublimated by this point.
  • BlackJackJester, on 06/20/2008, -1/+181.2x more gay than "tween"
  • cryonix, on 06/20/2008, -0/+16to quote Phoenix Twitter, "CO2 vs. H20 ice: Temp too high and pressure too low for CO2 ice. Sci team explains at 10a PDT/1p EDT live audio here: www.nasa.gov/newsaudio about 6 hours ago from web "
  • wellyuk, on 06/20/2008, -1/+17That was terrible.
  • AutoTom, on 06/21/2008, -1/+16I cant compete with this.. the term 'manjam' is brilliant
  • elmetald00d, on 06/21/2008, -2/+17get back in the closet.

    /fag
  • exomni, on 06/20/2008, -0/+15boink
  • aComa, on 06/21/2008, -0/+15Time to bring democracy to mars.
  • bagelmaster, on 06/20/2008, -1/+15Thoughts? How much PCP and crack did you do before you came to that conclusion?
  • KingVegas702, on 06/20/2008, -1/+15They played golf on the moon when they got there...... this time i say..... MAKE A SNOW MAN!!!
  • pedepy, on 06/21/2008, -1/+14remember how that was a freakin movie ?
  • CoreyHalliwell, on 06/20/2008, -0/+13It's only a matter of time now until the alien eggs left in the water come to earth, hatch and thrive on our bodies!
  • exomni, on 06/20/2008, -0/+13He was on his way to take care of it, but then he was totally recalled to the governor's office.
  • matt510, on 06/20/2008, -2/+14It didn't evaporate, it sublimated.

    And what else would it be?
  • inactive, on 06/21/2008, -3/+15Doesn't "twitter" sound like something you would do to a woman's clitoris?
  • llama5492, on 06/20/2008, -3/+14This is a beautiful day in space exploration.
  • inactive, on 06/20/2008, -27/+38They don't know that it is ice. They assume it is ice. Big difference. Just because it evaporated, doesn't mean it is water. This is a poorly written article meant to hype the story. It is exciting, but to spin the facts is disappointing. Just because they think it is ice doesn't make it so.
  • RedStateRetard, on 06/20/2008, -7/+18"Water on Mars?, big deal. Call me when they find oil on Mars." ~ Dennis Miller (paraphrased)
  • Farmer77, on 06/20/2008, -3/+13Remember in Total Recall, the martians built something on Mars that turned the ice underneath the surface into air?
  • daeken, on 06/21/2008, -3/+13I'm gay and I regularly use the term 'gay' to mean lame. Either you're straight and trying to be That Guy (TM) or you're gay and really need to realize that although we're here and we're queer, they're already used to it, and thus we have no need for the persecution complex we've grown as a community over the years.
  • jake07, on 06/20/2008, -1/+11Yeah, this is yesterday to today, "I want my news back."

    What the hell is up with digg the last few months?
  • bloodomen13, on 06/20/2008, -0/+10the temperature is too high and the pressure too low for CO2 ice.
  • apextek, on 06/20/2008, -0/+9"The samples are being examined for traces of organic molecules, among other substances, but the lander does not have instruments that could directly detect life"

    why do we send a robot million of miles away in a search for the potential water and lifes building blocks and not give it instruments to directly detect life?
  • chaos7, on 06/20/2008, -2/+10blinking ice
  • FLarsen, on 06/21/2008, -2/+10How could there be oil without organic matter to decompose into oil?
  • xexx, on 06/21/2008, -0/+8They were landing pads for their spaceships, everyone knows this.
  • KrazyKoala, on 06/20/2008, -0/+8Scratch the rum. We get sugar and we'll probably be able to make the rum.

    First you get the sugar, then you get the money, then you get the women...Then you get the power!
  • lucidapathy, on 06/20/2008, -0/+8Mojito.
  • consoneo, on 06/20/2008, -1/+9Don't try to correct someone while being wrong yourself. It's stupid. Look it up before you try to correct someone you think is wrong, verifying your hypothesis. Even if you think you're correct, always assume you may be wrong, so go check up on it, and correct them if you, yourself, are right.
  • SPRFRKR, on 06/21/2008, -0/+7I didn't beleive it either:
    http://satellitesolarsystems.com/wp-content/upload ...

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