Mars Had Watery Past

World | January 23, 2004, Friday // 00:00
Mars Had Watery Past Chairman of the council of ministers of the European Space Agency ESA H. Bulmahn (L) and the Scientific director D. Southwood (R) give a press conference as Mars Express mission data revealed that Mars was once awash with water. Photo by AFP

Data relayed from Europe's brand-new mission to Mars gave dramatic backing to theories that the Red Planet was once awash with water, one of the precious ingredients for life, AFP reported. First results from the unmanned spacecraft Mars Express sketched the vision of a planet whose surface was once sculpted by seas and glaciers and confirms indications that its South Pole is capped by frozen water. That boosts hopes that big reserves of ice may lie beneath the surface, providing fuel and sustenance for a future manned mission, European Space Agency (ESA) officials said Friday.

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