So scientists have long said, and now they say they have evidence that there is water on Mars. Not was water, but is water. It’s sensor evidence in before and after photos taken by Mars Global Surveyor, which still needs to be verified by robots on the ground, but now the hunt for life can truly begin, even if it’s only microbial. I might add that it also would seem to strengthen the controversial, decade-old finding of microbial life in a Martian meteorite found in Antarctica.
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The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, orbiting the red planet since 1996, has developed a mystery communications problem.
"No signal was received on Nov. 3 and 4, but a weak signal was received on Nov. 5, suggesting the spacecraft had switched to a safe mode and was awaiting further instructions from Earth. The signal cut out completely later that day and nothing has been heard since. Engineers think the spacecraft has performed a programmed maneuver in which it turns its solar arrays toward the sun to maintain its power supply. When it does this, it also reorients its entire body in the same direction, thus making communication with Earth less effective."
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