Monday, March 19, 2007

Mars Express radar gauges water quantity around Mars' south pole

http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22126

A scientific radar gauge has estimated the amount of water trapped in frozen layers over Mars' south polar to be equivalent to a liquid layer about 11 metres deep covering the planet. This estimate was extracted from 300 virtual slices through layered deposits covering the south pole. This project is said to be much more accurate than its predecessors providing useful information that will help scientists in planning the inevitable manned mission to Mars.

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