From tcoffee at MIT.EDU  Thu Dec  7 12:42:41 2006
From: tcoffee at MIT.EDU (Thomas Coffee)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:42:41 -0500
Subject: [Mars-discuss] Present-day liquid water on Mars ...
Message-ID: <45785291.8030001@mit.edu>

... and some other remarkable recent finds by the MGS imaging team:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/mgs/mgs20061206/

- Thomas



From galandis at MIT.EDU  Fri Dec  8 12:32:29 2006
From: galandis at MIT.EDU (Geoffrey A. Landis)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:32:29 -0500
Subject: [Mars-discuss] Present-day liquid water on Mars
In-Reply-To: <mailman.577.1165597645.19037.mars-discuss@mit.edu>
References: <mailman.577.1165597645.19037.mars-discuss@mit.edu>
Message-ID: <715309BC-A213-44D3-AA56-E35FD4172441@mit.edu>

>  Thomas Coffee <tcoffee at MIT.EDU>
>
> ... and some other remarkable recent finds by the MGS imaging team:
>
> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/mgs/mgs20061206/

For what it's worth, I'd proposed that water flow like this is  
probablly made possible by the fact that the water is likely to be  
extremely saline, and hence have a very low freezing temperature:
Mars Water: Are There Extant Halobacteria on Mars?" (pdf file),  
published in Astrobiology Vol. 1., No. 2, pp. 161-164 (2001).
http://powerweb.grc.nasa.gov/pvsee/publications/mars/Halobacteria.pdf

-- 
Geoffrey A. Landis
http://www.sff.net/people/geoffrey.landis



From tcoffee at MIT.EDU  Fri Dec  8 16:42:56 2006
From: tcoffee at MIT.EDU (Thomas Coffee)
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:42:56 -0500
Subject: [Mars-discuss] Present-day liquid water on Mars
In-Reply-To: <715309BC-A213-44D3-AA56-E35FD4172441@mit.edu>
References: <mailman.577.1165597645.19037.mars-discuss@mit.edu>
	<715309BC-A213-44D3-AA56-E35FD4172441@mit.edu>
Message-ID: <4579DC5F.4080305@mit.edu>

I've seen several studies demonstrating survival of spores under 
simulated Martian temperature-pressure environments ... has anyone 
actually demonstrated growth and/or reproduction of microorganisms under 
the marginal liquid-water conditions you discuss in the paper?

- Thomas


>>  Thomas Coffee <tcoffee at MIT.EDU>
>>
>> ... and some other remarkable recent finds by the MGS imaging team:
>>
>> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/mgs/mgs20061206/
> 
> For what it's worth, I'd proposed that water flow like this is  
> probablly made possible by the fact that the water is likely to be  
> extremely saline, and hence have a very low freezing temperature:
> Mars Water: Are There Extant Halobacteria on Mars?" (pdf file),  
> published in Astrobiology Vol. 1., No. 2, pp. 161-164 (2001).
> http://powerweb.grc.nasa.gov/pvsee/publications/mars/Halobacteria.pdf
> 


From tcoffee at MIT.EDU  Sat Dec 16 23:25:37 2006
From: tcoffee at MIT.EDU (Thomas Coffee)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:25:37 -0500
Subject: [Mars-discuss] Fwd: Holiday Special from the Mars Gravity team
Message-ID: <4584C6C1.7080408@mit.edu>

From: "erika wagner" <erika at MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:02:26 -0500
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