NASA Is Locating Ice On Mars With This New Map
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https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/planets/mars/nasa-is-locating-ice-on-mars-with-this-new-map/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01290-z <-- shared paper
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https://ammos.nasa.gov/marswatermaps/?mission=MWR <-- web mapping
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“The map could help the agency decide where the first astronauts to the Red Planet should land. The more available water, the less missions will need to bring.
Buried ice will be a vital resource for the first people to set foot on Mars, serving as drinking water and a key ingredient for rocket fuel. But it would also be a major scientific target: Astronauts or robots could one day drill ice cores much as scientists do on Earth, uncovering the climate history of Mars and exploring potential habitats (past or present) for microbial life.…”
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