
blast.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoen ... 80731.html
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/08/02 ... /?hl-en=n3
what this means is that the ice at the martian poles is in fact water ice, not some other odd form of ice that couldn't support life. if at any time in mars' past a large portion of this water was liquid, that could have created a suitable environment for life. they're also testing to determine if there are carbon-based chemicals and other building blocks of life present on mars, which i'm hoping they do find.
your thoughts?