In a year of revolutionary change we thought it would be good to step outside of our world and look to the heavens. The discovery of water on Mars is truly inspirational because life tends to show up wherever there is water.

In a year of revolutionary change: Marriage Equity, Defense of The Affordable Care Act, and upheaval: The Syrian Refugee Crisis, The Charlie Hebdo assassinations, and too many gun killings to fathom, we thought it would be good to step outside of our world and look to the heavens. The discovery of water on Mars is truly inspirational because life tends to show up wherever there is water.

Flowing Water on Mars
Rod Pyle writes in Caltech:

“We have heard the Mars exploration mantra for more than a decade: follow the water. In a new paper published October 9, 2015, in the journal Science, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) team presents recent results of its quest to not just follow the water but to understand where it came from, and how long it lasted on the surface of Mars so long ago.

The story that has unfolded is a wet one: Mars appears to have had a more massive atmosphere billions of years ago than it does today, with an active hydrosphere capable of storing water in long-lived lakes. The MSL team has concluded that this water helped to fill Gale Crater, the MSL rover Curiosity's landing site, with sediment deposited as layers that formed the foundation for the mountain found in the middle of the crater today.” Read more.
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