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  • SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT THEY

  • NOW HAVE DEFINITIVE PROOF OF WATER ON MARS. THIS IS A

  • DISCOVERY THAT COULD SHED LIGHT ONTO LIFE OUTSIDE OF

  • EARTH, AS WELL AS PROVIDE A BOOST FOR PROGRAMS THAT ARE LOOKING TO

  • SEND HUMANS TO MARS.

  • YOU ARE SEEING PICTURES OF THE PROOF THAT THEY ARE SAYING

  • THEY HAVE.

  • I THINK IT IS A TOOTH.

  • IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE ANYTHING, BUT THOSE DARK STREAKS

  • ARE THE PROOF OF WHAT THEY SAY IS WATER ON MARS. DOCTOR

  • MCEWAN, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR OF IMAGES FROM NASA

  • MARS ORBITER, AND OTHER SCIENTISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED

  • WATERLOGGED MOLECULES, SALT,

  • OF A TYPE KNOWN AS PERCHLORATES.

  • NOW, THE TEMPERATURE ON MARS CAN GET AS

  • LOW AS -70 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT, THE WATER CAN REMAIN LIQUID.

  • MCEWAN SAYS THAT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH HAS TO HAVE BEEN LIQUID

  • WATER RECENTLY PRESENT TO PRODUCE DEHYDRATED SALT.

  • BY RECENTLY, DOCTOR MCEWAN SAID HE MEANT DAYS, OR WEEKS, SOMETHING OF

  • THAT ORDER. HE ADMITTED THAT SCIENTISTS DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE

  • WATER IS COMING FROM, AND WE HAVE SEEN SIGNS OF WATER BEFORE,

  • BUT NOTHING THIS CONCLUSIVE. THIS IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE LIQUID

  • WATER IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR LIFE,

  • AND ITS PRESENCE RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHETHER MARS, WHICH

  • APPEARS SO DRY AND BARREN, COULD POSSESS NICHES OF

  • HABITABILITY FOR MICROBIAL MARTIANS.

  • THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM?

  • THEY DON'T KNOW IF IT IS FROM HUMIDITY, OR IF IT IS

  • UNDERGROUND.

  • I ALWAYS CHECK THE HOSE FIRST. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.

  • I THINK IT IS NOT JUST A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION IF IT IS

  • COMING FROM HUMIDITY OR UNDERGROUND, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A

  • HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER. IF IT IS

  • COMING FROM UNDERGROUND, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THERE

  • COULD BE. IT IS ALREADY A GOOD SIGN FOR THE ABILITY OF US TO

  • SEND PEOPLE THERE. ANYTHING

  • THEY COULD GET ON THE SURFACE BUT DOES NOT NEED TO BE BROUGHT

  • WOULD DRASTICALLY LOWER THE COST.

  • WATER IS ALSO OXYGEN, WATER IS ESSENTIALLY A CONSTITUENT OF FUEL.

  • THAT IS WORTH A LOT.

  • IF IT IS COMING FROM THE GROUND, I AM SURE THAT TOM

  • SELLECK WILL ALREADY TRY TO

  • STEAL IT. HE GOT CAUGHT STEALING WATER.

  • OH REALLY?

  • I WAS LIKE, WHAT?

  • WE DID THE STORY TOGETHER.

  • AND THEN NESTLE WILL BE ALONG.

  • YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT.

  • THIS IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO SEND HUMANS TO MARS.

  • THE BAD NEWS IS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE AN ANSWER SOON.

  • BECAUSE OF THE SLOPES AND THE CRATERS, THE MARS ROVER IS

  • NOT ACTUALLY ALLOWED IN THOSE AREAS, BECAUSE THEY ARE

  • WORRIED IT MAY CONTAMINATE SOME OF THE MICROBIAL MARTIANS,

  • AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

  • THIS IS AMAZING TO ME. THEY DID NOT STERILIZE THE ROVER, AND

  • THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THE ROVER WOULD CONTAMINATE THE WATER THAT

  • WAS THERE, OR WHATEVER. SO THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT, SO THEY

  • ARE GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO EARTH WHERE RIVERS ARE LITERALLY

  • CATCHING ON FIRE. THEY ARE AFRAID OF FUCKING UP MARS?

  • WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THERE AND IF WE ARE TO

  • CONTAMINATE IT WE MAY NEVER KNOW. IT SEEMS LIKE, THOUGH, IF

  • IT WOULD BE AMAZING FOR LIFE TO BE ON MARS, AND WE BRING THE

  • ROVER THERE WITH MICROBES, AND THE MICROBES GET IN THE WATER

  • AND THEY CAN LIVE, WHY ISN'T THAT AMAZING? THAT IS LIFE ON

  • MARS. WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF IT WAS THERE THIRTY DAYS AGO

  • OR IF WE PUT IT THERE NOW? I'M KIDDING, I KNOW WHY IT

  • MATTERS, WHY DON'T WE GET

  • STARTED NOW? WE TALK ABOUT TERRAFORMING, WHY NOT START NOW?

  • TERRAFORMING?

  • MAKING MARS MORE HABITABLE.

  • THERE IS A WAY THEORETICALLY THAT YOU COULD TRY TO

  • STRENGTHEN OR REINFORCE THE ATMOSPHERE.

  • NO KIDDING.

  • I AM NOT SAYING WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY NOW, BUT THAT IS

  • WHAT THE FIELD OF TERRAFORMING IS ABOUT.

  • WOW, THAT IS SOMETHING. I KNOW TERRA-COTTA.

  • SIMILAR. THAT IS TRYING TO REINFORCE THE ABILITY TO HOLD

  • WATER. DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK THAT IT IS A BIT SUSPECT THAT WE

  • ARE NOW FINDING OUT THIS WEEK ABOUT WATER ON MARS, WHEN WE

  • HAVE ALREADY KNOWN SOME OF THIS

  • BEFORE, THE THEORY ABOUT THE PERCHLORATES? THIS HAPPENS TO

  • BE THE WEEK THAT THE MARTIAN COMES OUT, WHICH WAS MADE IN

  • CONJUNCTION WITH NASA.

  • ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

  • IT IS AN INCREDIBLY PRO-SCIENCE MOVIE.

  • IT IS AWESOME, GO SEE IT.

  • IT IS INCREDIBLY PRO-NASA, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY

  • ARE FINDING OUT STUFF AND PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT MARS,

  • AND MARTIANS NOW.

  • THE GUY WHO DISCOVERED IT SAW SOME OF THESE STREAKS IN

  • 2011, WHEN HE WAS AN UNDERGRAD. OVERACHIEVER.

  • BUT THEN THEY GOT BETTER PICTURES, AND THAT IS WHY

  • THEY CAN NOW SAY DEFINITIVELY. I THINK YOU ARE ONTO SOMETHING.

  • IT IS A GOOD MOVIE, SO IF YOU GET FOOLED INTO SEEING IT,

  • IT IS AWESOME.

  • SO THERE IS SALT IN THE WATER, AND THE SALT MIXES WITH THE

  • WATER SO IT STAY LIQUID BELOW FREEZING?

  • WHAT NORMALLY WOULD BE FREEZING.

  • IT IS ALSO THE THING THAT SUCKS IT OUT OF THE AIR.

  • THE SALTS ARE MAKING A CONGEALED MASS.

  • I THINK IT'S INTERESTING, I ALREADY WANTED TO GO, NOW

  • THERE IS WATER.

  • HE WANTS TO GO TO MARS.

  • WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

  • NOT SOON, TEN YEARS.

  • I WOULD GO, BUT I WOULD NOT SIT IN THE MIDDLE SEAT.

  • YOU DON'T WANT TO GET STUCK THERE. EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE

  • BATHROOM, YOU HAVE TO GET THE

  • OTHER ASTRONAUT TO STAND UP.

SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT THEY

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