{"600743":{"#nid":"600743","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Huge reserves of water ice discovered on Mars could speed manned missions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMars is still in NASA\u0026#39;s sights for a possible future manned mission, and a new \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/359\/6372\/199\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E finds that when those astronauts land, they may have limitless access to water. The study uses new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data and images to show a 100-meter-thick ice sheet that\u0026#39;s just under the planet\u0026#39;s surface \u0026mdash; in some cases, merely a meter beneath the Martian sands. This Quartz \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/qz.com\/1176993\/scientists-discovered-huge-ice-sheets-on-mars-some-a-football-field-thick\/\u0022\u003Estory\u003C\/a\u003E on the findings highlights how the ice sheets could hold a record of Mars\u0026#39; climate. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wray-dr-james\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, contributed to the study, as did \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eps.jhu.edu\/directory\/lujendra-ojha\/\u0022\u003ELujendra Ojha\u003C\/a\u003E, a former Tech researcher who led the 2015 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.readcube.com\/articles\/10.1038\/ngeo2546?r3_referer=nature\u0026amp;show_checkout=1\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;offering evidence of flowing water on Mars. Ojha is now at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jhu.edu\/\u0022\u003EJohns Hopkins University\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2018-01-12 18:05:44","changed_gmt":"2018-01-12 20:10:01","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Lost In Your Vibe","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/space\/huge-reserves-water-ice-discovered-mars-could-speed-manned-missions-n837001","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"175481":{"id":"175481","type":"image","title":"James Wray","body":null,"created":"1449179022","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:42","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"James Wray","file":{"fid":"195846","name":"james.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/james_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/james_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":208720,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/james_0.jpg?itok=KeQbC0PO"}},"505471":{"id":"505471","type":"image","title":"Lujendra Ojha TEDx","body":null,"created":"1456760341","gmt_created":"2016-02-29 15:39:01","changed":"1475895265","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:25","alt":"Lujendra Ojha TEDx","file":{"fid":"204827","name":"lujendra-ojha-tedx.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lujendra-ojha-tedx_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/lujendra-ojha-tedx_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":905351,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/lujendra-ojha-tedx_0.jpg?itok=HxZcBn5e"}}},"media_ids":["175481","505471"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"52181","name":"James Wray"},{"id":"176757","name":"Lujendra Ojha"},{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"},{"id":"788","name":"Water"},{"id":"176758","name":"ice sheets"},{"id":"176759","name":"Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}