美国航空航天局(NASA)曾经根据火星探测器在火星极地的照片，宣称找到了火星有固态水的证据。但是，这仅仅是一种猜测，并没有化学和物理学上的实质性证据。中国的“祝融号”火星车，虽然已经被宣布无法重新唤醒。但是根据“祝融号”此前发回的采用数据，中国先于美国找到了火星存在液态水的实质性证据。

火星液态水的实质性证据

根据国际期刊《科学进展》学术论文，基于中国火星车观测数据，中国科研人员首次发现火星上的沙丘表面存在结壳、龟裂、团粒化、多边形脊、带状水痕等特征，通过光谱分析，科研人员发现，沙丘表面存在含水硫酸盐、蛋白石、含水铁氧化物等含水矿物。这些特征表明，火星上的含水特征，很可能是因为降霜或者降雪导致的。

这项科研成果，证明在表面温度相对温暖、舒适的火星低纬度地区，存在液态水。现代火星，仍然可以出现潮湿的环境。

美国媒体表现得非常嫉妒

大多数美国媒体只是蜻蜓点水地介绍了一下中国火星车发现火星低纬度地区存在水的实质性证据，对于这一重大发现的价值全然不提。报道的主要篇幅都是关于“祝融号”于去年休眠，经过一个冬天，唤醒失败的问题。

美国媒体还顺便为美国“洞察号”火星车今年也唤醒失败，找了一个借口。仿佛在说：“你看，我们的洞察号火星车唤醒失败一点都不奇怪，因为我们预定的任务计划就是在冬天前结束，中国火星车是因为唤醒失败，这就是火星探测器的正常结局”。

但是，实际上美国的火星车只是在火星上跑了跑，旅游了一圈，拍了四颗陨石的照片，检测到一次火星地震，并没有带来实质性的重大发现。甚至有一些科技博主质疑所谓的“火星地震”，可能是风吹动火星车带来的震动，因为地震波来自火星表面而不是火星地下深处。

中国比美国更有希望实现火星殖民

美国媒体喜欢拿中国来制造焦虑，顺便帮助美国科研机构申请火星探测的经费。火星殖民，一直是美国媒体一直喜欢讨论的话题。但是，中国的科学家，一步一个脚印，在火星探测上迈出的每一步都是成功的。

我个人相信，中国会比美国更有希望实现火星殖民。从美国媒体对每次中国航天领域取得的成就表现出来的嫉妒，就可以看出他们的焦虑。在航天领域，中国对美国实现全面超越，只是时间问题。

英文版：The US media is jealous that China's Mars rover Zhurong has discovered evidence of liquid water before the United States.

NASA once claimed to have found evidence of solid water on Mars based on photos from Mars satellites in the Martian polar regions. However, this was only speculation and lacked substantial chemical and physical evidence. Despite the announcement that the Zhurong Mars rover cannot be reawakened, China has provided substantial evidence of the existence of liquid water on Mars before the United States based on data previously sent back by Zhurong.

Substantial Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars

According to an academic paper in the international journal Science Advances, Chinese researchers have discovered for the first time that there are crusts, cracks, granulation, polygonal ridges, and belt-shaped water marks on the surfaces of sand dunes on Mars based on observations made by China's Mars rover. Through spectroscopic analysis, researchers found minerals containing water such as hydrated sulfates, protein stones, and hydrated iron oxides on the surface of the sand dunes. These features indicate that the presence of water on Mars is likely due to frost or snowfall.

This research result demonstrates the existence of liquid water in relatively warm and comfortable low-latitude areas on Mars' surface. Wet environments can still occur on modern Mars.

The American media is showing a great deal of jealousy.

Most US media outlets only briefly mentioned the substantive evidence that China's Mars rover found indicating the presence of water in a low-latitude area on Mars, and made no mention of its significance. The main focus of their coverage was about China's "Zhurong" rover hibernating last year, waking up unsuccessfully after winter.

The US media also used this as an opportunity to raise excuses for the failed wake-up of the US "Insight" Mars rover this year. It seemed to say, "You see, it's not surprising that our Insight Mars rover woke up unsuccessfully because our mission plan was scheduled to end before winter. The fact that China's Mars rover failed to wake up is simply a normal outcome for Mars exploration."

However, in reality, the US Mars rovers have merely run around on Mars, toured around, taken photos of four meteorites, detected one Martian earthquake, and has not brought about any substantive major discoveries. There are even some technology bloggers who have questioned the so-called "Mars earthquake," suggesting that it might have been caused by the wind shaking the rover since seismic waves come from the surface of Mars rather than deep underground.

China has a better chance of achieving Mars colonization than the United States.

US media likes to use China to create anxiety and help US scientific research institutions apply for funding for Mars exploration. Mars colonization has always been a topic of discussion that the US media likes to talk about. However, Chinese scientists have successfully taken every step towards Mars exploration.

Personally, I believe that China is more likely than the United States to achieve Mars colonization. The anxiety of the US media is evident from how envious they are of every achievement China has made in the aerospace field. In the aerospace field, it is only a matter of time before China completely surpasses the United States.