https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250907.html

Explanation: How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although oceans of water cover about 70 percent of Earth's surface, these oceans are shallow compared to the Earth's radius. The featured illustration shows what would happen if all of the water on or near the surface of the Earth were bunched up into a ball. The radius of this ball would be only about 700 kilometers, less than half the radius of the Earth's Moon, and slightly smaller than Saturn's moon Rhea which, like many moons in our outer Solar System, is mostly water ice. The next smallest ball depicts all of Earth's liquid fresh water, while the tiniest ball shows the volume of all of Earth's fresh-water lakes and rivers. How any of this water came to be on the Earth and whether any significant amount is trapped far beneath Earth's surface remain topics of research.

Jasin wrote on Oct 24^th, 2025 at 3:13pm:



Mars has a lot of water too -
it's mostly frozen and beneath the surface.

Hi JaSin,

Google AI:




which are toxic salts that lower the freezing point of water, allowing it to remain liquid on the Martian surface. This salty, briny water can also contain other salts like chlorides and sulfates of sodium, magnesium, and calcium. Before use, this water would require significant detoxification to remove these contaminants for both human health and equipment corrosion prevention. 


Perchlorates: The primary contaminant, perchlorates are toxic salts that are also corrosive to equipment. They are abundant on Mars and can absorb water from the atmosphere, forming liquid brines.
Other salts: The water also contains other salts like sulfates and chlorides of elements such as sodium, magnesium, and calcium.


Why it's liquid: The high concentration of these salts lowers the freezing point of the water, allowing it to exist as a liquid even at Mars' very low temperatures, in a process similar to how salt is used to de-ice roads on Earth.
Health and equipment concerns: Because these perchlorates are toxic to humans and corrosive to equipment, the water would need to be purified before it could be used for drinking, food production, or propellant manufacturing.

It makes the whole 'mars colony' thing just a funding scam.
ScoMo gave NASA $350m towards the Mars Project, just because an Australian citizen was involved in the 'colony' side of things.

Personally, I would like to see probes go to Uranus, Neptune and Pluto-Charon.