I haven't heard too much in the last couple of weeks about this thing. It's definitely a significant discovery...
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) — NASA scientists said Thursday the Phoenix lander exploring Mars had confirmed water on the planet after analysis of a soil sample from the Red planet's surface.
The discovery was made after the lander's robotic arm delivered a sample this week to an instrument onboard the lander that identifies vapors through heating samples.
"We have water," said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, lead scientist for the lander's "oven" Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer, or TEGA.
"We've seen evidence for this water ice before in observations by the Mars Odyssey orbiter and in disappearing chunks observed by Phoenix last month, but this is the first time Martian water has been touched and tasted."
Yup, water. And they found pools of ethane on one of the moons of Saturn recently too. I think I'm going to sell plots of that moon before someone else does. Who's going to put in their first bid?
Heh, I'm a bit more than "kinda" geeky about it. I love all the space exploration stuff. The Edgar Mitchell thing is still stuck in my head.
Yeah Harrise i read that in our papers,i believe him and have no doubt we are not alone
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Originally Posted by Curbside Prophet
Yup, water. And they found pools of ethane on one of the moons of Saturn recently too. I think I'm going to sell plots of that moon before someone else does. Who's going to put in their first bid?
Right *in posh english accent* "how many pounds are you speaking of sir?"
It's There... 
