The possibility of settling a colony on Mars has been in the forefront of many research projects. The availability of water would be a major mark in the plus side for sustaining life on the Red Planet. Scientists studying the landscape through the Mars Rovers have been excited to see the traces of water in the past through fissures and canals on the surface of the planet.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has indicated that deep channels in the Martian surface indicate the presence of big and powerful rivers that once flowed through the landscape. Some of these are believed to be even larger than rivers on Earth. The geological evidence seems to suggest that these huge rivers flowed in hundreds of locations all over Mars around one billion years ago.

This is the time frame that current day scientists feels is when the planet was losing it’s atmosphere and drying out. If human beings are ever to live on the planet, having a sustainable source of water is going to be a requirement that needs to be met. Many science projects are working on solving this issue at present. Only time will tell if they are successful.