Mars has a giant water reserve the size of Netherlands
Posted: 17 Dec 2021, 18:37
https://www.space.com/47-mars-the-red-p ... e-sun.htmlMars is the fourth planet from the sun. Befitting the Red Planet's bloody color, the Romans named it after their god of war. In truth, the Romans copied the ancient Greeks, who also named the planet after their god of war, Ares.
Other civilizations also typically gave the planet names based on its color — for example, the Egyptians named it "Her Desher," meaning "the red one," while ancient Chinese astronomers dubbed it "the fire star."
Elon Musk's initiative of SpaceX has once again brought the intriguing concept of mars Colonization into the discussion. SpaceX CEO Musk is planning to send cargo to Mars via SpaceX rocket by 2024. If he succeeds He also aims to send another rocket containing cargo as well as crew to Mars by the year 2026 and many people are already willing to volunteer for it even Elon Musk himself is hoping to get on that first spacecraft. The biggest and most challenging plan of Mr. Musk is to send one million people to the Red planet by 2050.
https://fictionbytes.com/article/25/inh ... 20supplies.Almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it also exists in small quantities as vapor in the atmosphere. What was thought to be low-volume liquid brines in shallow Martian soil, also called recurrent slope lineae, may be grains of flowing sand and dust slipping downhill to make dark streaks. The only place where water ice is visible at the surface is at the north polar ice cap. Abundant water ice is also present beneath the permanent carbon dioxide ice cap at the Martian south pole and in the shallow subsurface at more temperate conditions. More than 5 million km³ of ice have been detected at or near the surface of Mars, enough to cover the whole planet to a depth of 35 meters (115 ft). Even more ice is likely to be locked away in the deep subsurface.