You would think that since NASA knows there is water on the Polar Ice Caps, they would look, dig, and/or explore that area for life or traces of past life.
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The polar ice caps on Mars aren't water ice.  They are carbon dioxide ice (also known as dry ice).\n\nThe site selection for where they land the probes are based on a number of parameters, including the amount of open area and interesting geological formations in the region that they'd like to take a closer look at.\n\nIn the Rover's case, one of the parameters was spectrographic and IR telemetry readings that suggested the presence of some compounds that normally form in water, and physical features that appeared to be created by water erosion, so that was determined to be an ideal place to look for the presence of water on or below the surface.
523145
I think the Viking probes had seismometers for detecting volcanic activity, but they found nothing I believe. Mars has been inactive, dry and probably lifeless for billions of years.
126414
They explore an environment vastly different than the one that we currently live in and perform experiments on many different ideas and substances in a different environment that lead to conclusions that wouldn't otherwise be found.  Many things exist today that we take for granted that were discovered or developed specifically for the space program.
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Supposedly it's true, there were visitors around the ships, I think that they (Astronauts) refered to them as "Space bugs", they were (and are) seen floating around the ship on several occassions, NASA is well aware of them, they show up on just about every launch, supposedly harmless, but still a life form of some sort. One school of thought is that the reason the moon shots were cancelled was because, NASA had found evidence that now, or at one time the moon was being used as an observation post for another life form that was studying Human behavior on Earth.... Perhaps they got sick, after seeing how we treat each other, and left ! Pretty interesting stuff, Huh ?
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i want that job 2. they go out 2 sea and study the sea life. you take samples and check 2 see if anything is wrong out in the ocean.\nthats about all i know.
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....C! ...... (because it is found in the middle of ICE)
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If the density of ice were greater than water, rivers and lakes in the north would freeze all the way to the bottom, and any land close to any large body of water that was a solid block of life would be much cooler. If one were far enough north, some lakes might never melt all the way to the bottom.
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i think the government (and families) would want the body to conduct an investigation as to what was the cause of death. i can't see them getting rid of the body unless it posed a health risk to the remaining crew. even if they did, perhaps they would place him in a space suit possibly with some homing device and retreive the body upon return to earth for a proper investigation and burial to take place.
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then the indians would have stayed there, or some other people would have discovered it.
126176
Actually I believe they did... evidence exists and all the proof people give to say otherwise can easily be explained... space missions still go one today and people do still land on the moon. It's not impossible! We should be glad that people are making the effort to study the things around us - though perhaps my only qualm is that the money spent could be better used for something else... like helping the poor
627321
probably. scientists have drawn them, but it isn't widely known what it looks like.
524814
They are curious and wondering
203205
I think if the astronauts know all this.. and are still willing to, they may as they please.. but in my opinion it's not worth it.. they should jsut keep sending satelite's up there and learn more information about mars and other information they want.
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your right. i also believe that life on another planet dosent need to have water present to sustain life.\n\nits just that they are trying to find life on other planets and if they find water there is a chance that there was or is life on other planets.
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It seems very possible that asteroids seeded this planet with life. That might have not been as accidental as some people think.
40465
You are reffering to the Mars Exploration Rovers.  There is also a probe on it's way to Mars to see if it had any long standing bodies of water.
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I like to think that we will have figured out a way to travel to other stars by then, but that may be wishful thinking. But I would think it is almost a sure thing that people will be traveling pretty regularly to the Moon and Mars by then.