Bluesky Wrapped

And they say there’s no arguing in the Blue Sky echo chamber.

“Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Dunking aside, the history of water on Mars is more complicated than this. We know that much of the ancient water was lost to space or irreversibly sequestered in the Martian crust. Though there are sheets of ice below the surface, they're likely less... 🧵 1/6 #planetsci 🧪