Water on mars!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Tim** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:59 am

SCIENTISTS AT NASA FOUND WATER ON MARS... HERE'S ONE OF THE DRONE IMAGES:

MassChAoS · Post by **MassChAoS** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 3:06 pm

ha... yea, thats not funny.

We're smart than that here at NASA.

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:44 pm

MassChAoS wrote:ha... yea, thats not funny.

We're smart than that here at NASA.

AHA! But not as smart as us here at ISRO [Indian Space Research Organisation]!

BTW, nice joke, but water has been found on mars a long time ago AFAIK. There exist some rudimentary polar icecaps on mars with high levels of imbued Carbon Dioxide... or something like that.

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:46 pm

BREAKING NEWS:

TIM HAS BEEN SIGHTED ON MARS!!!

MassChAoS · Post by **MassChAoS** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:39 pm

Damn, I wanted to see that!

Post by **Tim** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:02 pm

lord_kungai wrote:BTW, nice joke, but water has been found on mars a long time ago AFAIK. There exist some rudimentary polar icecaps on mars with high levels of imbued Carbon Dioxide... or something like that.

I know

MidgetMan · Post by **MidgetMan** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:24 pm

Theres water on Titan...except its Methane

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:01 am

Erm... Water and methane are different chemicals. A water moleculae has one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms whereas a methane molecule has one carbon and four hydrogen atoms...

Post by **Tim** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:56 pm

lord_kungai wrote:Erm... Water and methane are different chemicals. A water moleculae has one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms whereas a methane molecule has one carbon and four hydrogen atoms...

You wanna confuse me, eh? I got chem 5 (the best mark)

Code: Select all

  H
  |
H-C-H
  |
  H

CH4 (methane)

EDIT: Oh, here's water:

  O
 / \
H   H

H2O (water*)

*The stuff you drink... Destilled.

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:40 pm

Tim wrote:
lord_kungai wrote:Erm... Water and methane are different chemicals. A water moleculae has one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms whereas a methane molecule has one carbon and four hydrogen atoms...
You wanna confuse me, eh? I got chem 5 (the best mark)
Code: Select all
  H
  |
H-C-H
  |
  H

CH4 (methane)

EDIT: Oh, here's water:

  O
 / \
H   H

H2O (water*)
*The stuff you drink... Destilled.

I see...

Firstly, the word is 'DISTILLED' not 'destilled'

Secondly WTF is chem 5???

Thirdly, no one really does drink distilled water AFAIK...

Fourthly, there is no fourthly, so I'll just end here...

Zachariah · Post by **Zachariah** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 6:02 pm

I drink Distilled water.

Post by **Tim** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:22 pm

1) Shut up

2) It's a mark... Told ya..
3) I said it's water, only it's destilled
4) Whatever

lord_kungai · Post by **lord_kungai** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:32 pm

Pepito wrote:I drink Distilled water.

DISTILLED WATER?? Or desalinated water? AFAIK, distilled water is used only in labs...

You actually mean you drink water that has been:
1) Vapourised
2) Seperated
3) Condensed

...

Post by **Tim** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:31 pm

lord_kungai wrote:DISTILLED WATER?? Or desalinated water? AFAIK, distilled water is used only in labs...

He's a lab speciment...

Post by **R.Flagg** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 6:03 pm

lord_kungai wrote:BTW, nice joke, but water has been found on mars a long time ago AFAIK. There exist some rudimentary polar icecaps .....

Just because I find this stuff fascinating...,

... does anyone else know why scientists looking for life elsewhere in the universe always specifically talk about finding liquid water, as opposed to ice? Granted, finding water in the form of ice is a step in right direction, an important find to be sure, but why is it that liquid water is what we seek?

Even with the discovery of "extremophiles" (some of which seem to eliminate the need for a 'Sun' as a requirement for life, which was what we previously thought) - liquid water remains as important as ever, at least for life as we understand it.

Just curious if anyone else here is interested by this stuff as well, and is aware of the answer.