NASA says Phoenix lander is sampling water on Mars
By Nilay Patel 
posted Jul 31st 2008 6:39PM
posted Jul 31st 2008 6:39PM
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And the first form of alien life iiiiiiis...
a duck!
.....Chuck Norris!
Howard Stern
Steve Jobs- He WAS the first to make everything!
No no no NO! Bad someone, BAD!
LOL, if they don't add italics to this comments system then nobody will EVER know when I'm being sarcastic... Pretend 'WAS' was italicized. Got it now?
Dearest ENGADGET -
Please add italics, smileys, bold, underline, strikethrough, and everything else that basic comment systems have been equipped with since the 90's. Thank you.
i call first sno cone!!!!!
Just remember: Never eat yellow snow.
Bottle it. You're sitting on a gold mine Phoenix.
No. Phoenix is sitting on a beach. In Mexico.
Yeah.
Would this be due to some sort of Metric / American unit conversion error?
...or does Phoenix have some sort of hidden agenda involving donkey shows and diarrhea?
I see what you did there.
""the Phoenix "rover" has identified water in a soil sample it collected in Mars earlier,""
its not a rover its a lander...rovers move ,landers...well land
never mind fixed lol..
I'm going to buy Mars, then bottle the water and sell it for $400 a bottle. And you know people would be dumb enough to buy 'Fresh Mars Mountain Spring Water'.
First picture of water on Mars http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050401.html
It'll probably cost you millions to get enough to get one bottle.
Then I'll steal it.
Actually, why steal money to go to Mars to bottle water to sell to people?
I'll just take the money. Done.
Can you imagine the Montezuma's Revenge you would get from drinking water from Mars - you would be shitting yourself for the rest of your life.
Umm considering there is no bacteria to get you sick....I see nothing wrong with drinking Mars water. Hell how cool would it be to say you Mars based lemonade?
Bacteria isn't the only thing in water that can kill you. There are tons of minerals and other toxins out there that can kill you.
I call dibs on Olympus Mons.
Ok, I'll call the Mons Pubis.
It should be sampling the local brew.
I will watch you try it first. Should be fun.
Alright quick someone think of a good name for water bottled in mars
TOTAL RECALL HYDRATION, INC.
"Get your thirst to Mars!"
We will soon have Martians.
NASA Scientist 1: "OK, lets start testing this water...where the hell is it?"
NASA Scientist 2: "Uh oh...I was thirsty and I thought its..."
The Bible does not tell about extra terrestrial life...maybe because there isn't any life out there. Currently I think...we are alone...cool. This is a more amazing thing as having some company on neighbourhood....
Epic fail.
If you are genuinely religous, i commend your faith but feel sorry for your small mindedness.
If your not, +1 to epic fail.
Where's God 'supposed' to be according to the book?
God is not a physical being, He is a spirit. So.... not in space.
Well, I don't know about you guys, but I worship the bright thing in the sky.
At least it's actually THERE.
Christians also worship the thing in the sky.. most of them just don't understand what the religion is founded on.
wow, i would like to go to mars and surf the web on my new 3g iphone! And sit and relax and drnk the water while on 3g speeds! Radical dudes and dudetes
sans spacesuit.....
What band do you need to have your phone work on mars?
Life seems to be so prevailant here that I would expect it to be readily apparent anywhere it resides except maybe during it's very early stages. Alas, no Martians, but I look forward to the day my grandchildren can snow ski the slopes of Mars. Imagine the air you'd get in the lower gravity...
Hey there... I have a small mind. Its really narrow. I know this...
This is not an easy issue to me...I know that modern man keeps someone as an idiot if he does not think that there is extaterrestrial life...
But...what is the truth...the truth is out there... :-)
I think Bible may perhaps need to be rejected if there is some bakteria in Mars...or at least its interpretation needs to be heavily reconsidered....
I think if there is extraterrestrial life there is also Karma, reincarnation and God is different from that what we read from the Bible...
Ufos are perhaps demonic phenomenon...but if they are real visitors from outer space could there be any chance for salvation work of Jesus...you know...did Jesus died because of aliens also? I think not.
Maybe whole New Testament is just imagination if there is extraterrestrial life, real visitors from outern space, reincarnation and karma...you know...Christianity may loose its point if there is extraterrestrial life...
But this is difficult question which has caused wars in mankind...that which holy book is correct...
Ufo's and idea of extraterrestrial life fits well to new age teachings and similar stuff....
Anyway I am still looking for truth and I hope I will find it...really can someone surely say if there is extraterrestrial life or not? I think nobody knows...
I am definitely a Christian who accepts the Bible. But to reject something due to it NOT being mentioned in the Bible is intellectual suicide. The Bible never talks about orthodontic braces... They must not exist or they are evil.
There are no pianos in the Bible, or video games, or CGI. These things must not exist.
The truth can be logical. There are many sentient creatures on this earth that are what I, as a Christian, would consider "soulless". I would consider silverback gorillas intelligent, and capable of semi-rational thought. The fact that there is no creature on this planet that has anything near human intelligence or rationality sort of leads me to believe that we are unlikely to find another species on our level.
A good Christian is a reasoned person as well. To accept everything without reason is a sign of a person who is looking for an easy way out. Christianity is salvation, not a crutch. Jesus didn't come to turn our brains off, is what I am trying to say here. There is definitely a strong possibility of extra-terrestrial life, but the fact that the Bible doesn't mention it does not mean that the Bible disavows it.
What was this? The George Lucas pitch for "Kingdom of a Crystal Skull"?
what are you smoking? This is engadget NOT enreligion. lighten up! Besides just because a book (the bible in particular) doesn't mention something doesn't mean it is invalid... it just means it isn't relevant to the point of the writings. Extraterrestrials which isn't what "MIGHT" be found in that water (more like bacteria or maybe single celled organism) won't matter one lick and you miss the whole point of the Bible anyway.
I think you all need to read the God Delusion.
SHUT UP! Go debate that one on Foxnews dawt com or something!
Read carefully,
nasa.gov: "The mission extension adds five weeks to the 90 days of the prime mission."
It's not extended by 90 days, like you say: "and NASA's extended the mission for another 90 days to go look for more."
But by five weeks.
Not that it matters that much, but someone might tell their friends about this glorious news and get it all wrong if their only source was engadget.
GET YOUR ASS TO MARS!
GET YOUR ASS TO MARS!
GET YOUR ASS TO MARS!
LOL!
See you at the party, Richter.