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To: Wombat101
It's not that easy. If everything we know about Mars is accurate it is almost impossible for water to exist in liquid form on Mars.
26 posted on 02/22/2004 8:40:31 AM PST by thedugal (Have you seen my tagline?)
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To: thedugal
"If everything we know about Mars is accurate it is almost impossible for water to exist in liquid form on Mars."

Exactly.

With an atmospheric pressure of from 4 to 8 millibars (it is said to vary between those values), water boils at less than 40 degF.

It would be nearly impossible for water to exist as anything but a vapor there, and we're told that the water content of the Martian atmosphere has been measured at something like 210 ppm. Pretty dry!

75 posted on 02/22/2004 10:47:18 AM PST by nightdriver
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