NASA to announce they've solved a 'Major Mars mystery' on Monday. What do you think it is? It can't be water -- they already know it's abundant. It's not likely to be life, because life would be microbial, and I'm not sure they have the equipment to detect that on the surface yet. So...what do you think? Whatever it is, I'm excited and will be watching! http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/26/us/mars-discovery-nasa-irpt/index.html [~313343:SFC Mark Merino] [~29302:SGT Ben Keen] [~517979:CW3 Nick Koeppen] [~368184:SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"] [~745609:TSgt Elissa Spicer] [~138758:COL Mikel Burroughs] [~590440:LCDR Nicholas Mulcahey] [~564231:SGT Veronica Fulgham - Blais] [~520566:SGT Keith Bodine] [~68823:SCPO David Lockwood] [~278476:SSG Peter Muse] [~563693:LCDR Bill Wright] [~713815:PO1 Shahida Virella] [~506422:Sgt David G Duchesneau] [~478494:A1C Nathan Roberts] [~45772:SGT(P) Secorah Arbuckle] [~747819:SSG William Pride] [~600569:LTC John G Shaw MBA, JD] [~530512:SGT Randal Groover]

Posted on Sep 27, 2015

NASA to announce they've solved a 'Major Mars mystery' on Monday. What do you think it is?

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It can't be water -- they already know it's abundant. It's not likely to be life, because life would be microbial, and I'm not sure they have the equipment to detect that on the surface yet. So...what do you think?

Whatever it is, I'm excited and will be watching!

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/26/us/mars-discovery-nasa-irpt/index.html

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SGT Lou Meza

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The face on Mars is really a face on Mars !

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LCDR (Join to see)

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My guess is evidence of previous life existing there. Coral-like or limestone deposits most likely if that's the case.

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SN Greg Wright

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LCDR (Join to see) That'd be friggen' awesome, yep. Limestone would be a sign of previous life? Didn't know that.

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SN Greg Wright - The short answer is that limestone is basically decomposed skeletons of life forms. I am not sure that it would be 100% proof though.

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SSgt Terry P.

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SN Greg Wright Beats me,Greg,signs of other exploration?

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SN Greg Wright

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SSgt Terry P. Wouldn't that be something!

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SSgt Terry P.

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SN Greg Wright - It would,but most likely something more mundane.

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SN Greg Wright

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SSgt Terry P. - Agreed. Evidence of someone else having been there isn't something they'd announce, I think -- might cause panic.

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GySgt Moses Lozano

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Who cares! There is no need to spend billions to further this research without first fixing where we live now.

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SN Greg Wright

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GySgt Moses Lozano I have to disagree, Gunny. Humans being what they are, there will be no fixing where we live now. So we either find a way off this rock or...we die off.

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COL Mikel J. Burroughs

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SN Greg Wright I'm behind - did they annouce it yet?

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SN Greg Wright

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COL Mikel J. Burroughs They did. They've confirmed flowing water.

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MCPO Roger Collins

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I believe "confirmed" is a bit strong.
NASA - " provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars."

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SN Greg Wright

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MCPO Roger Collins - "Potentially life-giving water still flows across the ancient surface of Mars from time to time, NASA scientists said Monday in revealing a potential breakthrough in both the search for life beyond Earth and human hopes to one day travel there."

From CNN.

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