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Asked by tumblebum to Jake, James, Pete, Senga, Simonne on 13 Nov 2017.
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Jake Langham answered on 13 Nov 2017:
Well you should listen to Pete. (Though I would hazard a guess that it depends quite a bit on which bit of Mars you try to eat.)
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Senga Robertson answered on 14 Nov 2017:
personally, I haven’t licked Mars so I had a look on the internet and I think Pete is right. Scientists saw what looked like water flowing down crater walls on Mars in images/ time lapse videos taken by the Reconnaissance Orbiter so they checked it out. They used something called an Imaging Spectrometer to work out what this liquid was made of and it turns out it’s REALLY salty water. Scientists think they saw the water during summer time on Mars when it gets warm enough for the salty water to thaw a wee bit because Mars is normally so cold water (even very salty water) would be frozen.
In short, I haven’t licked Mars but it’s probably salty 🙂
Comments
tapo koko commented on :
what does the moon taste like
Senga commented on :
I was asked this by another participant and this was my reply:
Hi
I agree with Jake and Pete that the moon probably tastes like rock BUT according to Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke it tastes a bit like gunpowder. I don’t know what gunpowder tastes like and I have no idea why Charlie Duke was licking the moon but who am I to judge ha ha