Thursday, June 19, 2008

NASA FINDS WATER ICE ON MARS

From NASA:

Bright Chunks at Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice
06.19.08 -- Dice-size crumbs of bright material have vanished from inside a trench where they were photographed by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander four days ago, convincing scientists that the material was frozen water that vaporized after digging exposed it.

"Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!" the Mars Phoenix Lander tweeted at about 5:15 pm.

So an unmanned robotic vehicle on the North Pole of Mars tweeted "woot!!!"? Is that what I just read?

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