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[nil]

NASA claims there aren’t just traces of water in Mars as believed earlier but ‘very liquid, very flowing water’.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/ ... 12-07.html

So scientist had found traces of water on Mars... If you happen to be traveling on Mars, will you drink the water there, or will you bring your bottled water from Earth?

[Pimienta]

I have a question,
where is the water coming from if they can't find more than traces when they look for it but they find evidence of it being there?
and I don't plan on traveling to mars any time soon but I would have to at least try the water before I decided that I could only drink earth water

[TheCountess]

Maybe its all underground? Maybe Mars has a core something like Earth, so its warm enough underground that moisture won't freeze, creating a water table that occassionally breaks through to the surface where its too cold or evaporates in a hurry.

I'd still take bottled Earth water until I was sure Mars water wasn't contaminated by the excess space radiation and debris and stuff... But once I was sure the water wasn't gonna kill me I'd at least try it.

[Astarte]

It's an interesting prospect.

[nil]

The health minister advised against drinking water from Mars, because it was probably contaminated by poisonous metals and more lethal than Taco Bell green onions and E Coli Spinach.

I just found the following article...
http://www.slate.com/id/2155117/

So remember to pack some bottled water before you travel to Mars...

[TheCountess]

That seems to back up what I was thinking. Bottled water all the way.

[Pimienta]

well it could be purified
but I don't much like completely purified water
I prefer water from my faucet
very little chlorine to make it gross
and enough minerals to make it decent

[Symphonious]

Mars! The Bringer of War! (Holst)

MWUWAHAHAHAHAHAA!!


Water is best in a bottle, purified, not that nasty stuff @ school. . . that. . . what is it? Like, Fruit-2-0 or something. . .

Anyway, the same precautions are to be taken when travelling to Mars as when you're going to a foreign country. Not that their water is nasty, they just don't go thru the same purification process as most places in the US.

AARGH! Now I have Mars (Holst) stuck in my head!

Da-da-da da da da-da da , Da-da-da da da da-da da. . .

Symphonious

[Insanity test]

BAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW BAAAWWWW BAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW, BAAAWWWW BAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW

(Ahem)

Sorry, just bringing in the horns.

Most Bottled water is full of preservatives. This means the water doesn't stagnate if you leave it on a shelf for weeks, but it does taste a bit wierd if you open it and leave it ages.

Mars water is probably more 'natural', coming presumably from springs and the like, but it would be made up of the metals common in Marsian soil and rock rather than the stuff we're used to. (Yes water is hardly ever pure H2o, theres often a certain amount of chalk, i think.)

It probably wouldn't be PH neutral either. Dunno which way it would be, but theres a whole spectrum for it to hit, not just the nice green area in the middle.