Sounds almost like something out of a science fiction story doesn’t it. Well it seems that the big brains at NASA have finally concluded that Opportunity is sitting on the shores of an Ancient Sea.
Well load me up in a space ship let me take my divining road and we will find us some water. Load us up a drilling derrik and get it to Mars and we can put down a well and taste us some good old Martian Sea Water. :) [NASA JPL]