[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24287207[/url]
[url]http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/26/nasa-curiosity-rover-mars-soil-water[/url]
[QUOTE]Water has been discovered in the fine-grained soil on the surface of Mars, which could be a useful resource for future human missions to the red planet, according to measurements made by Nasa's Curiosity rover.
Each cubic foot of Martian soil contains around two pints of liquid water, though the molecules are not freely accessible, but rather bound to other minerals in the soil.[/QUOTE]
Also, sorry for the typo in the title :v:
l*
Though this is a pretty awesome find. I can't wait to see what's done with this.
well pack your shit everybody, we're going to mars
That is quite a bit of water.
Mars musta been a pretty wet planet in aeons past.
Now if only there were microbes or other life hidden in there...
Holy shit, two whole pints per cubic foot? That place must've been soaked under an ocean or something at some point in it's past.
[QUOTE=Aphtonites;42318700]Each cubic foot of Martian soil contains around two pints of liquid water, though the molecules are not freely accessible, but rather bound to other minerals in the soil.[/QUOTE]
How does this compare to the water in earth's soil?
[QUOTE]though the molecules are not freely accessible, but rather bound to other minerals in the soil.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_MM6aX0Fqs[/media]
Man, Curiosity is doing an awesome job.
[QUOTE=Reshy;42318838]How does this compare to the water in earth's soil?[/QUOTE]
really fucking wet
Wonder if it tastes the same as earth water
[QUOTE=Jeller;42318971]Wonder if it tastes the same as earth water[/QUOTE]
It's embedded into the soil, you might as well be trying to drink dirt.
[quote] the molecules are not freely accessible, but rather bound to other minerals in the soil.[/quote]
...so not really water, "just" evidence there was water there at some point?
[QUOTE=Jeller;42318971]Wonder if it tastes the same as earth water[/QUOTE]
Well if you were able to extract the H2O perfectly from the soil it would taste exactly the same as H2O on earth.
There's all kinds of other things in water on Earth though (it doesn't taste the same everywhere on Earth even), so it would probably taste a bit different.
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[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;42318994]...so not really water, "just" evidence there was water there at some point?[/QUOTE]
There are water molecules (H2O) embedded in the soil.
It's in the articles, apparently they were able to free the molecules by heating the soil, and the most prominent vapour emitted from the soil was water vapour.
Woo, this thing's getting places
Soon we'll find life
right?
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;42318994]...so not really water, "just" evidence there was water there at some point?[/QUOTE]
no. h2o is bound to minerals in the soil. you can break those bonds to extract water.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;42319042]no. h2o is bound to minerals in the soil. you can break those bonds to extract water.[/QUOTE]
Split the mineral hydrates and get Martian mineral water.
if they keep searching I bet they might find signs of primitive single cell organism,
Our bodies don't need water specifically it needs the minerals in it. That's why you cant drink pure water it would sap the minerals out of you.
Winner winner chicken dinner.
[QUOTE=Sally;42320226]Our bodies don't need water specifically it needs the minerals in it. That's why you cant drink pure water it would sap the minerals out of you.[/QUOTE]
post of the year 2013
[QUOTE=Sally;42320226]Our bodies don't need water specifically it needs the minerals in it. That's why you cant drink pure water it would sap the minerals out of you.[/QUOTE]
no water is a very strong solvent for many organic compounds so your body requires water in large volumes to use for the chemical reactions cells perform. also, the water is needed as a medium to transport chemicals to and from the cells.
my Curiosity rover goes soisoisoisoisoisoisoisoisoisoisoisoisoisoi
[QUOTE=yawmwen;42320362]no water is a very strong solvent for many organic compounds so your body requires water in large volumes to use for the chemical reactions cells perform. also, the water is needed as a medium to transport chemicals to and away from the cells.[/QUOTE]
also you [I]can[/I] drink pure water, you don't get any significant quantity of minerals from normal drinking water
but it's really expensive and tastes like ass
[QUOTE=Ghostwork;42320097]there's still the matter of toxic perchlorate in all the dirts.[/QUOTE]
we'll figure that out when we get there
don't be a party pooper
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