# Oh my God! They found water on Mars! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264 "2005-04-01T17:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/1 "2005-04-01T17:42:06Z")
[Link](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050401.html) Holy flying cheese monkeys, this is _so_ cool! This has to be one of the biggest historical scientific moments ever… ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/2 "2005-04-01T17:53:27Z")
Arright…who let **Kythereia** out of the initation room?? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/3 "2005-04-01T17:53:36Z")
I had a feeling, and still I clicked. _sigh_ Been that kind of a day, it has. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/4 "2005-04-01T17:54:55Z")
The sad thing is that I check that site every morning even before I hit the Dope. So I knew right away what it was. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/5 "2005-04-01T17:56:25Z")
You know, this exactly the kind of thing that gets people hauled away to the crazy farm… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/6 "2005-04-01T17:57:03Z")
**Kythereia** …_smack_ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/7 "2005-04-01T17:58:08Z")
Ow! _rubs cheek_ ☹ **Hal** , who told you I was supposed to be in there? _edging towards door_ Really, I just stopped by here… and… _slam, flee_ ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/8 "2005-04-01T18:04:16Z")
Good one,\*\* Kythereia\*\*! 😃 Thanks for the laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/9 "2005-04-01T18:49:35Z")
I’m no fan of deception, but I have to say “Holy flying cheese monkeys” is the best interjection I’ve ever heard (or read). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/10 "2005-04-01T18:54:34Z")
Were there catfish in the water? \ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/11 "2005-04-01T19:17:37Z")
Where did NASA get the Canadian Mars bars? ---
**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:** [April 1, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/12 "2005-04-01T19:26:52Z")
Well, there had been this test project to simulate Mars-colony conditions in a crater on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. And there was that lost probe (something about a metric/US measurement mixup). The details are just to embarassing to relate. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/13 "2005-04-01T20:55:34Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, there had been this test project to simulate Mars-colony conditions in a crater on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. And there was that lost probe (something about a metric/US measurement mixup). The details are just to embarassing to relate. I heard they found the burnt wreckage of the probe along the city limits of Yellowknife, being chewed on by a moose. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/14 "2005-04-01T21:05:56Z")
A møøse bit my sister… ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/15 "2005-04-01T21:10:12Z")
:: paddles **Kythereia’s** heinie :: Naughty, naughty, punster! ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/16 "2005-04-01T21:40:01Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Where did NASA get the Canadian Mars bars? Hmm. If you take a look at the link that says “Credit & Copyright”, it points to an address @shaw.ca . ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/17 "2005-04-01T21:53:07Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > A møøse bit my sister… The writer responsible for that title has been fired. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/18 "2005-04-01T22:43:32Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > :: paddles **Kythereia’s** heinie :: > > Naughty, naughty, punster! A Bug-Eyed Punster from Outer Space? 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/19 "2005-04-01T23:07:20Z")
They _thought_ they did, way back in June lat year. [Link](http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tg.pirie/news/mars.jpg) (second picture down) ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264/20 "2005-04-01T23:09:35Z")
Sorry, bad link :wally [Here’s the correct one.](http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tg.pirie/news/news6.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-my-god-they-found-water-on-mars/297264.md?page=2)