Mars Needs Ditchdiggers Too

You remember this scene from Caddyshack…

Well apparently, Mars needs ditchdiggers too Danny. The Pheonix Mars Lander touched down on the red plant a couple weeks ago and has set out to doing work. It’s digging a ditch and then testing out the soil samples.

The reason I write is not that scientist working on the project lamely named the less than one square foot, 3 inch deep ditch the ‘Dodo-Goldilocks Trench’, but to report that they’ve struck a white substance believed to be ice. How exciting!