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   In sci.physics Serigo  wrote:   
   > On 10/12/2016 7:05 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >> Serigo  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 10/12/2016 3:16 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>> Serigo  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 10/11/2016 10:50 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:   
   >>>>>> Alain Fournier  wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Oct/11/2016 at 8:19 PM, Serigo wrote :   
   >>>>>>>> On 10/11/2016 6:10 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> In article , invalid@invalid.com says...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> no food, no water, no air.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> There is a bit of water on Mars (e.g. polar regions)   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> conjecture, not proven and so little, unusable.   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>> Well, let's say it is a very strong conjecture.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It's not conjecture.  It's a fact.  Water has been detected and in   
   >>>>>> other places than the poles.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> NASA says it is conjecture.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> Read something newer than half a century old.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Go read the orgional reports and studies.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Go read something current.  FLOWING SURFACE WATER is 'conjecture'. The   
   >>>> presence of large quantities of water as ices and frozen brines is   
   >>>> FACT.   
   >>>   
   >>> wrong, it is only photos of a flowed surface, it is conjectured as water   
   >>> flow, not verified.   
   >>>   
   >>> try to keep up.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Wrong, it is much more than you claim.   
   >>   
   >   
   > read material carefully.   
   >   
   > now provide a link.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> you can not provide any URLS to support your assertions.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I certainly can't list all the hits googling "water Mars" produces.   
   >>>   
   >>> no need, find the one to the orgional NASA report that conjecturs it   
   >>> must be water.   
   >>>   
   >>> ALL the rest of the articals come from that one.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> You're still talking about FLOWING SURFACE WATER.  A colony doesn't   
   >> need that and there is all sorts of evidence for various ices on Mars,   
   >> some of them in surprising places.   
   >   
   > so how do you get it ? mine it ? reduce it with heat ?  how to transport   
   > it ?   
   >   
   > think it through,   
   >   
   > How much water does a colony, say one person need per day?   
      
   About a gallon per day for intake, much more if you want to wash anything.   
      
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