[extropy-chat] brine on Mars might have been found

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Bryan Moss <bryan.moss at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> Brett Paatsch wrote:
> 
> > Interesting stuff. But I'm a bit surprised that there is not some
> > process whereby water or the water in brine could not quite
> > quickly be determined by means better than a visual (i.e. "it
> > looks like mud"). Perhaps it can but they just haven't done
> > it yet?  What non-visual test small enough to be carried out by
> > the buggy would prove the presence of water?
> 
> They can't go near the "magic carpet" area because it's too close to
> the lander and therefore too dangerous to navigate.

I'm kinda skeptical. Given the 1/3 G gravity and very fine particulate
size, dust should flow like a liquid in that environment.

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Mike Lorrey
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