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Arnie Appleaide - Inspector General of the Defenders of Freedom Started conversation Mar 21, 2007
3. MARS ICE CAPS: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY MEASURES WATER AT POLES.
An instrument called the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) on board the Mars Express has measured the water trapped in layers covering the south polar region. The icy layers cover an area bigger than Texas, and in places as deep as 3.7 km. That is enough water to cover the entire planet with a layer 11 meters deep. They are now mapping the layers around the north pole of the arid planet.
http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN07/wn031607.html
I can't remember where it came up in SEx, but water on Mars has come up several times. I just read this and thought I'd post it. I haven't found more detailed reports yet, but we can add those as they become available.
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Traveller in Time Reporting Bugs -o-o- Broken the chain of Pliny -o-o- Hired Posted Mar 21, 2007
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