Uh...they mention the water “boiling” off due to the suns heat...but in an almost perfect vacuum of “space” the water should boil off due to low pressure given enough time.(like freeze drying technique)..no? That should mean there is water(molecular) vapor in space...no? Shouldn’t water be detected in Martian atmosphere? If the water is bound so tightly in Martian rock, would it be available for the chemical reactions needed for life?
Enquiring minds want to know.
>>>that should mean there is water(molecular) vapor in space...no?<<<<
Yes, there is, all over the place.
>>>Shouldn’t water be detected in Martian atmosphere? If the water is bound so tightly in Martian rock, would it be available for the chemical reactions needed for life?<<<
There’s lots of water on Mars, it’s just frozen solid under the soil, mostly at the poles.
>>>water “boiling” off due to the suns heat...but in an almost perfect vacuum of “space” the water should boil off due to low pressure given enough time.<<<
Earth has an atmosphere that’s 80% nitrogen, so not a vacuum. It was then as well, if not more.............