I immediately nominate Joe Biden as our first Senator to Mars.
Via ABC News:
NASA revealed today liquid water has been found on the surface of Mars, upending the perception of Mars as a completely arid, desert-like planet. The finding also fuels speculation that life may have at one time thrived on Mars or could possibly even exist today.
A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience identified waterlogged molecules taken from readings from orbit.
“We now know Mars was once a planet very much like Earth with warm salty seas and fresh water lakes,” Jim Green, planetary science director at NASA, said at a news conference. “But something has happened to Mars, it lost its water.”