Category: Water On Mars

Consumable Water on Mars Confirmed by Opportunity and Curiosity (Issue #18) UPDATE

by: Nicole Willett *****UPDATED 9/28/2013***** Several papers have been published regarding the findings of Curiosity’s first few month’s on the surface of Mars.  The findings are of great importance with regard to water.  The rover has confirmed an incredible two percent of the surface soil is composed of water.  Scientists said if humans were to land

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Warm Water on Mars? (Issue #6)

by: Nicole Willett The issue of water on Mars has been debated for over a century.   The observations of Giovanni Schiaparelli in approximately 1877 started the frenzy over water on Mars.  When Schiaparelli observed what he thought were channels on Mars he called them canali which means channels. When his findings were published, the term was misinterpreted as canals.  There is

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