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Mars weather: Sunny and minus-22 degrees F.

 NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

 

The weather station aboard the NASA Mars Phoenix lander is up and running. Here's the NASA report on today's conditions:

"The weather at the Phoenix landing site on the second day following landing was sunny with moderate dust, with a high of minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of minus 80 (minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit)."

And we want to go there, why?

Here's more from the Canadians who built the station. And here's their weather page.

 

Comments

Many people wonders where went Mars water. I tell you, it went to the Sun, where else?
And how come?..
When Mars was warm, water evaporated, and escaped because of low gravity, then it was attracted by the Sun. That is why more than 90% of it is, or rather, it would be on the Sun if its temperature would not be so high as to split water apart into H and O. In its way to the Sun, some water must have fallen onto the Earth. And that is why, some times,our water tastes a little bit like Mars, doesn´t it. Nowadays, only less than 9% water remains in Mars.

Many people wonders where went Mars water.I tell you, it went to the Sun, where else?
And how come?..
When Mars was worm, water evaporated, and scaped because of low gravity, then it was attracted by the Sun. That is why more than 90% of it is, or rather, it would be on the Sun if its temperature would not be so high as to split water apart into H and O. In its way to the Sun, some water must have fallen onto the Earth. And that is why, some times,our water tastes a little bit like Mars, doesn´t it. Nowadays, only less than 9% water remains in Mars.

Couldnt we build a viable dome on top of the ice and create our own atmosphere thru the melt process? Obviously, now that we know there is ice, wouldnt a game plan have been brought forth to colonize at least a small portion of this world?

I mean, we can get there, obviously.

Where would we be if the explorers and inventors of history said "oh to much risk, not going to do it". I find this time of history to be troubling as we have the ability to shape the destiny of the human race and we sit back pondering the risk and come up with excuses.

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