Zouds! Mars now suspected of having ocean ~12 mi under surface

[a425couple]

Liquid water could abound in Martian crust, seismic study suggests
Physics World, 12 Aug 2024 19:32Z
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Kym,
as you say Re: "Zouds!"
-- Mars now suspected of having ocean ~12 mi under surface
Sounds really important,,,
1. If it was proven, and if
2. We had a way of being assured we could get to it
to use it.
12 miles = a really long way.
The deepest we have gone on Earth is
"The Kola Superdeep Borehole on the Kola peninsula of Russia reached
12,262 metres (40,230 ft) and is the deepest penetration of the Earth's
solid surface. The German Continental Deep Drilling Program at 9.1
kilometres (5.7 mi) has shown the earth crust to be mostly porous."

Meanwhile, this particularly fit for me right now, I am about 2/3
of the way thru reading a Sci-Fi book
"Rescue Mode" by Ben Bova
It has a 8 person mission to Mars, that was really compromised
by a asteroid strike. Four went down to the Mars surface,
to live in a pre-positioned habit.....
DEPENDING upon being able to find a water / ice source that
they are able to use.

[R Kym Horsell]

Post by a425couple

Liquid water could abound in Martian crust, seismic study suggests
Physics World, 12 Aug 2024 19:32Z
Physics World represents a key part of IOP Publishing's mission to
communicate world-class research and innovation to the widest possible...

Kym,
as you say Re: "Zouds!"
-- Mars now suspected of having ocean ~12 mi under surface
Sounds really important,,,
1. If it was proven, and if
2. We had a way of being assured we could get to it
to use it.
12 miles = a really long way.
The deepest we have gone on Earth is
"The Kola Superdeep Borehole on the Kola peninsula of Russia reached
12,262 metres (40,230 ft) and is the deepest penetration of the Earth's
solid surface. The German Continental Deep Drilling Program at 9.1
kilometres (5.7 mi) has shown the earth crust to be mostly porous."

...

And on a planet with 1/3 gravity and softer rocks (about 15% of hardness)?

There have been a couple deep holes seen from orbit. No radar
return from the bottoms AFAIK.

I like the way the press are playing up the "usefulness to mankind" angle. :)

We shall see what we shall see but the Mars Orbiter data is looking most
interesting.