God is dead and no one cares

brad, fredericton, canada

Trying to find life on Mars/other planets is a prime example of materialism, specifically scientific materialism gone mad.

Glad to know that when they've melted down the ice those astronauts can take a long relaxing soak before it's time to turn tail & hobble back to Earth.

Richard Warwick, Croydon,

Can't we all just celebrate an amazing discovery? Understanding what happened there may help us avoid disaster here; finding life would answer one of the great mysteries; explore for exploration's sake? We explore to answer questions! And why CAN'T we solve problems here while we search out there?

Colin James, Olympia, Washington, USA

jeez can't anybody just be happy about a truly amazing discovery? Understanding what happenned to Mars' climate may help us avoid catastrophe; finding life would answer humanity's biggest question; exploring for exploring's sake? What good is that? We can't put a price tag on the search for answers!

Jamie C, Olympia, Washington, USA

Looks like Mars could do with a bit of 'global' warming.

J Grover, Wroughton, UK

The headline says "mile-thick glaciers" but the article says "glaciers up to half a mile thick". Well, which is it?

Stephen, Tunbridge Wells,

Kazuki,

Hopefully some religions will become more open the idea that the entire universe doesnt just exist for us lot (to give us nice views at night)!

To think otherwise is naive, and just plain ludicrous (in my humble opinion).

maybe they won't.

Marc, Antrim,

" 13 miles long and more than 60 miles wide "

come again...

surely you mean 60miles long and 13miles wide unless things work differently on Mars.

John Taylor, London,

so steve, that means "we" ruined mars by making it colder?

I guess then we should start finding buildings and debri left by "us" on mars also.

Patrick, la, usa

And maybe, deep in the ice, some tiny creature is surviving. Some bacteria, or some virus, or some moss or fungus. Not necessarily human-compatible. And not necessarily obviously and straightforwardly so.

Diouf, Maatea,

Cost? Have we nothing to take care of here? We are in the throws of economic depression and we send money to Mars? How absurd! With the banks lying, the Corporations lying, the war mongers lying...is NASA lying also?
Why can't we stay home, clean up own and then talk about why we NEED to go?

Rev. Dr. Kelley Elkins, Dona Ana, USA

Maybe they were running too many 4x4's?

mike, Sydney,

I find it annoying how many time the words climate change are used today. I thought we were exploring to explore, not prove current polical/scientific hypothesis or prove God is dead. Try chanting a new mantra every now and then to avoid group think.

Pete, Vancouver, USA

Didn't do 'em much good, did it??

Herbert George, Hunab Ku, US

I keep telling everybody that we are the Martians responsible for that planet's climatic disasters. We ravaged that planet then moved on to this one and are doing the same thing...Where do we go next?

Steve, Vallejo, USA

Maybe they'll find a Martian mammoth inside the glacier.

Mikios, Hong Kong, China

Very interesting news & good work to the scientists. Will this be the "tip of the iceberg" regarding Martian glaciers/water? Now we need a mission to sample the glacial ice although that may be impossible. I'm thinking the precursors of or simple life could be in this ice. A major discovery. great!

Robert, Chicago, USA

Better not tell Al Gore. He will go after lunar warming! Reid and Pelosi will be his main supporters!

whs806, amarillo, USA

how are these "Mile-thick glaciers found on Mars" "up to half a mile thick", that makes no sense.

callum, peterborough, england

Maybe the Martians also observed Mass on Sundays when they were created 5000 years ago by God?

Kazuki, Tokyo, Japan