If it had been wet,
如果這顆星球曾經是濕的,
then everyone would look for nutrient and food sources that could support microbes.
然后每個人都會尋找營養和食物來源維持微生物。
The water ice is proof of a valuable resource for any life form still clinging beneath the surface and for future travelers.
對于仍然執著于表面之下的任何形式的生命以及未來的旅行者來說,水冰都是一個寶貴的資源。
We now know that these plains that you see stretching behind me are underlain only two or three inches deep by a sheet of ice.
我們現在了解到你在我身后看到的這些平原是只有兩三英寸深的一片冰。
All the way as far as you can see.
你放眼望過去可以看到的。
Great hockey rank if you had a hockey team on Mars,
如果你在火星上有一支曲棍球隊,這將是偉大的隊伍,
all you need is a broom.
你所需要的是一把掃帚。
The possibility of running into Martians received another boost from a very Mars-like part of our own planet,
可能會偶遇碰到來自非常像火星的我們自己的星球的一部分的火星人,
Chile's extraordinary Atacama Desert.
智利非凡的阿塔卡馬沙漠。
The Atacama is special because it is just so profoundly dry,
阿塔卡馬非常特殊,因為它是如此地干,
speaking roughly at 50 times drier than Death Valley.
據說大約比死谷干燥50倍。
It is deader than Death Valley.
比死谷更加具有死亡的氣息。
注:聽力文本來源于普特