To all SSC Station occupants
Thank you for the donations over the past year (2024), it is much appreciated. I am still trying to figure out how to migrate the forums to another community software (probably phpbb) but in the meantime I have updated the forum software to the latest version. SSC has been around a while so their is some very long time members here still using the site, thanks for making SSC home and sorry I haven't been as vocal as I should be in the forums I will try to improve my posting frequency.
Thank you again to all of the members that do take the time to donate a little, it helps keep this station functioning on the outer reaches of space.
-D1-
Seems the impact has ejected some water-ice where they weren't expecting to find it. BBC article here.
If there are right about it, then future colonist will have a slightly easier time on the planet.
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.
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