Saturday, August 02, 2008

A sip of MARTIAN water

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The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday.
By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robot confirmed the presence of frozen water lurking below the Martian permafrost. Until now, evidence of ice in Mars' north pole region has been largely circumstantial.
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And this is great news for space exploration! :D

Article here.

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