IKnowFooBar » woot http://www.iknowfoobar.co.uk A developer's [mis] take? Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:52:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Water found on Mars! Scientists say Woot! http://www.iknowfoobar.co.uk/2008/06/20/water-found-on-mars-scientists-say-woot/ http://www.iknowfoobar.co.uk/2008/06/20/water-found-on-mars-scientists-say-woot/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:23:34 +0000 Giles Smith http://www.pureroon.co.uk/?p=256 Water Found on Mars

Water Found on Mars

I just saw this on the Mars Phoenix Lander’s Twitter page:

Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!

Followed by:

Whoohoo! Was keeping my eye on some chunks of bright stuff & they disappeared! Sublimated! So it can’t be salt, it’s ice:

The Mars Lander was having a little dig when it discovered some ‘dice sized’ bright substance, over the few days that followed the the substance appeared to vaporise indicatiting that it couldn’t be salt.

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I don’t know what I am more excited about, Water on Mars or that Nasa Scientists shout Woot!

Toot!

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