This article was written in 2002 and references the first images received from the Mars odyssey spacecraft which supposedly show a large quantity of water ice on the surface of Mars. Apparently the Mars Odyssey sported a gamma spectrometer that was able to detect the water ice no more than a meter below the surface at all areas south of 60 degrees of latitude. The article says this finding increases the chance of discovering life on the planet and could help future efforts to colonize the planet.
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