To: MeshugeMikey
I think the article is malarkey. Mars has an atmosphere with only 1% of the barometric pressure of that of the earth. This isn't because there were never gases generated on Mars... it's because there's not a lot of gravity on Mars to hold a significant atmosphere in place. Whatever changes microbes manage to render to the Martian atmosphere, there will still never be enough air there to breathe.
Not to mention it's cold as a twitch's wit there.
46 posted on
06/27/2015 11:43:08 PM PDT by
Oberon
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To: Oberon
it's because there's not a lot of gravity on Mars to hold a significant atmosphere in place The core cooled and its magnetosphere petered out. Without a strong magnetic field to protect it, the solar wind stripped away its atmosphere. It's more than mass; Titan is even less massive than Mars, and it has quite a hefty atmosphere.
To: Oberon
the ARTICLE HAS ALL THE EARMARKS.... of being Trans..Atmospheric....
52 posted on
06/28/2015 11:13:46 AM PDT by
MeshugeMikey
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