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3066811 No.3066811 [Reply] [Original]

did they really find water on mars? I find that hard to believe

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>> No.3066834

>>3066827
Go back to /b/, faggot.

>> No.3066838

>>3066811
Why do you find it hard to believe? I find it hard to believe that they won't find water on any planet or moon in the universe.

>> No.3066848

that pic isn't real

>> No.3066856

>>3066838
well I guess we both don't know: Where's the evidence for one way or the other?

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multiple inferences of it all over the place.
bump for anybody who has info on the Mars Rover that's launching this year, Curiosity.

>> No.3066878

who gives a fuck about water, I want to see some motherfucking alien life.

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>>3066878
>what's the life gonna drink

>> No.3066888

They found water ice under the ground at the polar regions of the moon I think, so water on Mars in some form isnt too surprising

>> No.3066897

>>3066887
yes because all life absolutely must consume water
there's no way an alien organism could have evolved in a different way

>> No.3066911

>>3066888

the whole fucking planet is covered in water, it is a couple of feet under the surface and sublimes as soon as it reaches the surface

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>>3066897
True, but water undeniably helps.

>> No.3066974

>>3066911
>sublimes
i think you mean sublimates

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>>3066974

>> No.3067074

Wait.....why is water so important?

>> No.3067105

>>3067074

>NotSureIfTrollingOrJustVEryStupid.jpg

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>>3067074
*Sigh*

>> No.3067125
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I really don't see why everyone debates the question 'Is there life other than us?'
If think it is dumb to think there IS NOT life in the universe. You think we are so special that in a universe billions of light years across that just one planet could produce life? Look at some fish, who can live under immense pressure, no light, hardly any food on the ocean floor. Even by chance, there must be a similar size planet, similar distance from a star with similar composition of elements.

As for water on mars, there probably was, but maybe just enough to harbour bacteria or simple single cell life.

>> No.3067127

>>3067125
There certainly isnt any other intelligent life in the universe ecept for that on earth. maybe there are simple bacteria and stuff millions of light years away, but definitely nothing anywhere near as complex as us.

>> No.3067128

>>3067125

It's pretty much just religitards who claim life only exists on Earth.

>> No.3067129

>>3067127

And you know this because...?

>> No.3067130

>>3067127

best be trolling

>> No.3067131

>>3067129
We would have been contacted by now if there was other intelligent life. they would send out radiowaves, messages and such.
intelligent life is just so rare, you need exactly the right chemical composition, and exactly the right kind of solid planet, not too hot, not too cold, has an atmosphere, has a stable orbit around a star, and even then you need a Lot of luck.

>> No.3067135

>>3067129
Everyone knows Deerp Thought is a troll.

>> No.3067138

>>3067125
There ain't no evidence that there's other life! God done made the EArth and the universe for MAN and ya'll scientists should stop asking questions and temptin poeple away from there faith!!!

>> No.3067148

>>3067131
Derp. Here ya go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugCKoj_t5Hg

>> No.3067152

>>3067131
>Creationist detected

>> No.3067159

>>3067131
Not necessarily. Radio waves distort after enough time/distance, and they'd either be undetectable or white noise by the time they reached anyone. Furthermore, there's no reason to assume that aliens would be more advanced and looking for contact. For all we know, we could be the most advanced species in the universe right now.

>> No.3067160

>>3067152
I'm a deist, not a creationist.

>> No.3067163

>>3067159
thats my point, we are the most advanced species in the universe. by far.

>> No.3067169

>>3067163
It's also possible that alien races are more advanced and they simply choose not to contact us because it'd be more trouble than we're worth.

We have no information on the subject, and any discussion is pure speculation.

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>>3067131

You fucking asshole. Think of man 2000 years ago. We could be banging a drum to try and communicate with other life, oblivious that there are others trying to contact us via radio waves.

Think of how far we have developed in 2000 years. In another 2000 years our view on science may have changed dramatcially and we could find out there was intelligent life trying to contact us all along.

>> No.3067174

>>3067163
More likely it means most aliens are advanced enough to no longer use radiowaves

>> No.3067176

>>3067163

>Reported for trolling

>> No.3067180

>>3067160
>I'm a retard, not a moron

FTFY

>> No.3067199

>>3067148

Holy shit that vid was awesome. Kind a blew my mind a bit.
I've always thought the same thing though, If we can't communicate with other species on our own planet, how the hell is it going to be possible to communicate with / learn from aliens

>> No.3067258

>>3067199
simple, all non-monster humanoid aliens speak english.

>> No.3067288

Liquid water, no. Ice, however, exists at the polar regions of the planet. "Water" is quite common in the solar system, actually, in the form of ice. It is LIQUID water that has proven itself to be so evasive.

>> No.3067298

>>3067288

Mars almost certainly has liquid water, just not on the surface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer

>> No.3067322

>>3067138

and temptin poeple away

HAHAHAHA HE WROTE -TEMPTIN POEPLE- HAHAAHAHAHAAA

-POEPLE- WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

howtofuckinggreentextagain? >_>

>> No.3067362

>>3066838

pretty sure they know for sure that there is ice on europa, probably Titan as well.


those are not really debated, though they may not be 100% fact.

water is a major component of many of the gas giants, and it is simply at a lower altitude layer of the atmospheres of each one.


I even remember one of the outer gas giants may have a "surface" layer deep inside that is composed of supercritical water.


water is a super duper stable compound and one of the limited number of simple molecules that forms in large quantities from the nucleosynthesis of stars like our sun.

nowhere near as common as methane (carbon is a particularly stable product of light nucleosynthesis, and hydrogen is of course, the most abundant material in the universe), but methane is so light/volatile that it is actually capable of escaping the atmosphere of most planets, and is only found as liquid/crystal on the outer gas giants where it is cold as fuck.

>> No.3067404

>>3067127
Not sure if troll...

>> No.3067519

>>3067404
More probably just ignorant.
Choice comments from regular, smart but non-scientific teachers:
>The earth is over a thousand kilometers long
>The earth's surface is dozens of meters thick
>The mount everest is over twice as tall as the Empire State Building
>The surface of the sun is hot enough to boil water
>The center of the galaxy has hundreds of planets spinning faster than light

>> No.3067553

>>3066838

Water is extremely common in the universe this should be no surprise

>> No.3067681

>>3067519

>The surface of the sun is hot enough to boil water

Whats wrong with that statement?

I mean besides being a gross understatement. The sun "is" hot enough to boil water.

>> No.3067711

>>3067681
Those comments just exhibit the limit of layman understanding of the univers. Which probably contributed to >>3067127 saying there's absolutely no other intelligent life in the universe and even primitive life has to be in another galaxy.

I just don't think he understood how bad his comment was and why it was bad.