Discovering water on Mars was not quite as significant because the major hurdle to establishing permanent settlements there is the eight-month journey.

火星上发现水完全没有如此重要意义，因为在火星上建立永久定居点的主要障碍是路途时间，单片行程就有8个月之久。

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Discovering a potential water supply has obvious benefits for that scheme, not least providing astronauts with a potential reservoir that they can tap into rather than rely on shipments from Earth.

发现潜在的水资源显然对这个计划大有助益，特别是有可能为宇航员提供水库以资使用，而无需依靠从地球上运水。

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One survivor reported slipping into the water, turning around, and discovering the ship had disappeared.

据说一名幸存者曾潜入水中转了个身就发现泰坦尼克号没影儿了。

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The implications of discovering evidence for fresh water are exciting for macro-organisms as well: Rover chief scientist John Grotzinger of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has speculated that we would have been able to drink that ancient water, had we been there some 2, 3, or 4 billion years ago to witness glorious Lake Gale.

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Operated by Anadarko with 30%, that well was another monster, going down more than 31, 000 feet in 5, 800 feet of water, and discovering a remarkable 1, 000 feet of oil-bearing rock with very promising reservoir properties.

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His fascination also extends to the deep - he has explored much of the water off Sri Lanka, once discovering a sunken galleon full of silver treasure.

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