List of evidence for water on Mars |
List of evidence for water on Mars |
Feb 5 2013, 04:59 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 24-July 07 Member No.: 2948 |
Does there exist a list of all the evidence of water on Mars, listed by spacecraft?
Ideally, it would be a list with a short description and a link to a story or news release. For example: Mars Global Surveyor: NASA Images Suggest Water Still Flows in Brief Spurts on Mars http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/new...s-20061206.html Phoenix: NASA Spacecraft Confirms Martian Water, Mission Extended http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/...x-20080731.html Opportunity: NASA Mars Rover Finds Mineral Vein Deposited by Water http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mer/news/mer20111207.html I know I could spend some time and extend the list that I've started above, but if someone or some organization has already done it I'd hate to reinvent the wheel! Thank you. |
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Sep 30 2015, 03:50 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2090 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
The fact that these features are spread out over so many different regions of Mars separated by thousands of km seems to imply that its false positives that would be the main concern for a future mission, not somehow contaminating the entire planet with one mission. Though like others have said, since their occurrence is almost by definition on steep slopes that can't be easily reached in any case, it's likely to remain an academic question for a good while yet....
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Sep 30 2015, 05:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
I think there are lots of ways to study/sample these areas if we want to. Of course, there are engineering challenges and a chance of failure, but it's not impossible.
A stationary lander could be paired with an aerobot with cameras on the lander and the aerobot helping the aerobot land precisely on an RSL, sample the soil there and bring it to the lander for analysis or even sample return. That would completely neutralize problems related to the steepness of the slope. |
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