# NASA is going to Announce a Significant MArs Water Find **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054 "2006-12-06T12:50:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054/1 "2006-12-06T12:50:15Z")
Today. You can watch it live on the Internet. I thought this was very neat. MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-186 NASA Schedules Briefing to Announce Significant Find on Mars WASHINGTON - NASA hosts a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Dec. 6, to present new science results from the Mars Global Surveyor. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters auditorium located at 300 E Street, S.W. in Washington and carried live on NASA Television and [www.nasa.gov](http://www.nasa.gov). The agency last week announced the spacecraft’s mission may be at its end. Mars Global Surveyor has served the longest and been the most productive of any spacecraft ever sent to the red planet. Data gathered from the mission will continue to be analyzed by scientists. Panelists include: - Michael Meyer – Lead Scientist, Mars Exploration Program, NASA Headquarters, Washington - Michael Malin – President and Chief Scientist, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, Calif. - Kenneth Edgett – Scientist, Malin Space Science Systems - Philip Christensen – Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. Reporters at participating agency field centers will be able to ask questions. For more information about NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit the web at: > **[NASA TV Live - NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv/)** > > NASA live launches, landings, and events. Watch live broadcasts from NASA Television and NASA's social media channels, and a schedule of upcoming live events including news briefings, launches and landings. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054/2 "2006-12-06T15:23:48Z")
‘Significant water find’, eh? I say it’s a front. The canals are back! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054/3 "2006-12-06T16:20:19Z")
Well, it is bedtime here, the parrot insists. But I hope to see something exciting in the morning. Keep me posted. (I thought liquid surface water was impossible because of low atmospheric pressure. (Or something.) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054/4 "2006-12-06T16:36:10Z")
I’m sitting about one block from their HQ. I can’t find anything on the announcement that doesn’t force you to watch streaming video (God, I hate that!). It’s time for lunch, maybe I’ll walk over there and ask about it. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054/5 "2006-12-06T18:16:30Z")
Here’s an article. > **[Does water STILL flow on Mars?](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-420833/Does-water-STILL-flow-Mars.html)** > > Dramatic new photographs of Mars have raised hopes life could be found on Mars after all. Scientists say they have photographic evidence that suggests liquid water may have been on the planet as little as five years ago ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054/6 "2006-12-06T18:22:53Z")
[NASA: Signs of Flowing Water on Mars](http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mgs-20061206/) (Flash required) ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-is-going-to-announce-a-significant-mars-water-find/383054/7 "2006-12-07T06:05:28Z")
Yes, it was on tonight’s news. Two images separated in time by the Mars Global Surveyor of the same area show fairly clear evidence of significant water flow sometime between the two pictures.