[AndrewC]

This lack of large bodies of water would, I believe, put a big crimp on the hypothesis of abiogenesis on Mars. More than that it would also tend to disestablish the validity of the so-called life forms on Martian meteorites, don't you think?

[Dataman]

Christensen said. "It seems unlikely that the carbonate rocks could all be hiding out of view.

Imagine that! A "scientist" actually considers probability! Normally we are treated to unfounded declarations of fact.

Christensen said. "It seems unlikely that the carbonate rocks could all be hiding out of view.

What interests me is why "scientists" are determined to find life elsewhere. Something, anything, even a one-celled fossil in a rock scientifically (ha ha) determinded to be from Mars. Hey, if evolution is a fact, why the desperate scramble to find evidence for it?