He wai wai i ka hohonu o ka Honua Ula?

Ua loaʻa i nā kānaka ʻepekema mai ka National Institute of Astrophysics ma Bologna, Italia, nā hōʻike no ke ola ʻana o ka wai wai ma Mars. Pono ka loko i piha me ia ma kahi o 1,5 km ma lalo o ka ʻili o ka honua. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻike ma muli o ka ʻikepili mai ka mea hana radar Marsis e hoʻopuni ana i ka European Space Agency (ESA) ma ke ʻano o ka huakaʻi Mars Express.

Wahi a nā puke a nā kānaka ʻepekema ma "Nauka", ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka pole hema o Mars he loko paʻakai nui. Inā hōʻoia ʻia nā hōʻike a ka poʻe ʻepekema, ʻo ia ka ʻike mua o ka wai wai ma ka Honua Ula a he hana nui i ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā he ola ma luna.

"He loko liʻiliʻi paha ia," wahi a Prof. ʻO Roberto Orosei o ka National Astrophysical Institute. ʻAʻole hiki i ka hui ke hoʻoholo i ka mānoanoa o ka papa wai, me ka manaʻo wale ʻo ia ma kahi o 1 mika.

Ke kānalua nei nā mea noiʻi ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana, me ka manaʻo he pono hou nā hōʻike e hōʻoia i nā hōʻike a nā ʻepekema Italia. Eia kekahi, ʻike ka poʻe he nui i mea e mau ai ka wai i kēlā me kēia haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa (manaʻo ʻia ma -10 a -30 °C), pono ka paʻakai loa o ka wai, ʻo ia ka mea e emi ai ka noho ʻana o nā mea ola i loko.