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Let's Explore Water On Mars

In 2008 a NASA probe called Phoenix successfully landed near the North Pole of Mars, scraping off only a few inches, The Martian soil the scoop of the Phoenix's mechanical arm pressed against ice, further analysis showed that this is not frozen carbon dioxide but water similar to that on earth. So underground glaciers were discovered on Mars.

Water On Mars

There is a lot of ice even under the surface. The probe Mars Odyssey carried an instrument developed by the Space Research Institute which determined the presence of hydrogen at different depths and showed that indeed there are huge deposits of ice. If it we assume that the Martian glaciers are heated by geysers from below then there must be groundwater warm, underground rivers in which microorganisms can live. After all on earth, if there is Drinkable water, than in 100 percent of cases, life exists there. And in 2011 some hope appear, the orbiter spacecraft detected flows hundreds of feet in length along the walls of craters in the area of the southern hemisphere Mars. It is hypothesized that this could be groundwater water cannot exist on the surface, but it could exist somewhere underground and sometimes break through the ground underpressure, the same thing happens on earth but not all scientists agree with the assumption of the existence of groundwater. A number of scientific works assert that these are flows of certain brines and acids. There's even an opinion that liquid is not flowing along the slopes of the craters at all, now during the Martian summer there's some kind of flow but recent studies have shown that it is not water but only sand that is moving. Is it sand, salt and acid or is it water? We will know only when a spacecraft lands in the immediate vicinity of the mysterious streams.

Mars

In any case there is a chance for the discovery of life. After all methane has been discovered in the atmosphere of Mars on earth it's often living organisms that produce this gas, it is still there but it changes depending on the season but it is at very low levels and now the dgo orbiter has been launched as a part of the ExoMars program. It includes an instrument developed at a Russian Institute, It has a high level of sensitivity to methane, the orbiter will attempt to map the planet's methane, if there is methane and groundwater on Mars, Is there primitive life as well, to find out this task of future missions not only for NASA but also the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency are preparing to launch new spacecraft in 2020-2022 as part of the ExoMars project. A Russian surface platform with a european rover on board is planned to be launched.