Effect Of Water On Mars

We need to consider the basic things to survive on Mars, food, water, shelter, clothing and oxygen. Water is the basis of life but is far too heavy to carry from Earth to Mars to live. So we have to find water somehow. If you look at Mars it looks really dry, like a desert, but the soil itself on Mars, contains up to 60% water, and a number of orbiters that we still have flying around mars has shown us that lots of craters on mars have a sheet of water ice on them. Orbiters also tell us that there are huge amounts of underground water on Mars as well as glaciers. In fact, if only the water ice at the poles on Mars melted, most of the planet would be under 30 feet of water. This is a device at the University of Washington back in 1998. It is