Comments on: Scientists Discover That Mars is Full of Water

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:12:00 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FVqHqR45hc
1:46
This is a warning- don’t touch the water.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:26:52 +0000

Wow!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:22:46 +0000

Wow. That video makes landing on Mars seem impossible…

By: Leo Richards

Leo Richards — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:20:40 +0000

Golly, seeing all these errors gives me hope that I can find work writing for a website.

By: giorgos

giorgos — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:44:38 +0000

Nobody noticed the title of the article?
“Scientists Discover That Mars is Full of Water”
The words “Discover” “That” “Full” and ‘Water” should not start with a capital letter.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:32:03 +0000

Dear God. What a grammatical/spelling mess.

By: Avek

Avek — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:25:39 +0000

Gentlemen,
I believe you are missing the point of the article. The article was NOT written as an english proofreading exercise. The grammar and spelling errors did not make the article unreadable nor did it invalidate any of the information presented. Water in Mars are awesome me like. Suck it.

By: Iceman

Iceman — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:24:59 +0000

Why doesn’t everybody worry less about the grammar and focus on adding quality content to the comments. It is apparent that no one here gives a damn about the fine men and women who have made this journey even possible. If you want to correct peoples grammar then BE an editor, no one wants to hear you correct others. I personally liked the article and I actually learned something about Ion Mass spectrometry and the 2 old meteorites. I will Def. be watching to see if the probe can safely land and give us some more great data.

By: Martian Man

Martian Man — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:19:06 +0000

Mars… Dune… desert planet.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:52:47 +0000

“…mostly near its surface.Then, during…” is missing a space after the period.

“…home to extraterrestrial life, and for the long-term prospects…” probably shouldn’t have that comma for a dependent clause.

“…mineral apatite, and used this…” same as above.

“The fact that water has apparently existed on the planet for such a long time makes the odds of life originating there just a little less scarce scant.” scarce or scant, pick one.

By: Tomas

Tomas — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:11:47 +0000

Kelvin:

You forgot the period after “S” in BOTH “P.S” and in “P.P.S” on your comment. You may not take comments seriously but I find the omission of initialization periods confusing and detracting.
Clear, concise AND correctly punctuated language matters when attempting to communicate ideas. Omission of the period tends to make the “S” appear as part of the text.

By: Brian Wolly

Brian Wolly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:31:41 +0000

Thank you William and Kelvin for your catches. Our apologies! Best, Brian Wolly — Digital Editor, Smithsonian.com

By: William K

William K — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:59:10 +0000

Ooooops for the third time!
In second paragraph: The finding has weighty implications for our understanding of the geology of Mars, for hopes that the planet may have at some point in the past was home to extraterrestrial life, [...]
WAS HOME -> BEEN HOME !!!!

By: William K

William K — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:54:21 +0000

I repeat – Oppening sentence reads: Despite claims in the 1890s that Mars with filled with canals teeming with water, [...]
Please change “with filled with canals” to “was filled with canals”.

By: William K

William K — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:51:19 +0000

Oooops!
Also in oppening line: …research over the past several decades has suggest that
Change “has suggest” to either “suggest” or “has suggested”.