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Finding The Ice On Mars

NASA /ESA/DLR/Freie Universitat Berlin
A body of ice within an unnamed impact crater on the plains of Vastitas Borealis on the surface of Mars.

The recent discovery of water on Mars has changed our relationship with the red planet. On Friday's Idaho Matters, we speak with postdoctoral research associate Dr. Ali Bramson of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory about what this means for habitability on Mars and how it can be used as an outer space rest stop.

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