TIL that in 2001, the NASA spacecraft Odyssey detected vast amounts of water ice just below the surface of Mars. This discovery revolutionized the search for extraterrestrial life and made Mars one of the most promising candidates for future human colonization.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/odyssey-finds-water-ice-in-abundance-under-mars-surface/
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https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/odyssey-finds-water-ice-in-abundance-under-mars-surface/
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Odyssey Finds Water Ice in Abundance Under Mars' Surface
Using instruments on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, surprised scientists have found enormous quantities of buried treasure lying just under the surface of Mars -- enough water ice to fill Lake Michigan twice over.NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
