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Seems the impact has ejected some water-ice where they weren't expecting to find it. BBC article here.

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If there are right about it, then future colonist will have a slightly easier time on the planet. 


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That's what I was thinking - and NASA too, no doubt. If water-ice is abundantly available beneath the surface, which seems likely as that impactor surely couldn't have just struck lucky, that is an important factor for any planned future colonisation.

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NASA did also confirm water still flows on Mars back in 2015.
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-today-s-mars


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