[cynicom]

Best bet, the scientists will say there is no definitive answer as to the presence of water.

[prisoner6]

Just a gut feeling...could be wrong...but I really think we'll hear a "startling announcement" from the Mars team sooner rather than later.

IMO Levin has it nailed...we speculated about it here on FR when the rovers started moving and the tracks were seen in the pictures...there is a kind of brine mix just below the Martian surface. The rover's wheels press it into a kind of mud. In fact it was seen at the landing site. The soil looked as if it splattered like cake batter.

FWIW I think Levin's experiment on Viking did indeed find micro-organinic life. We'll have to wait and see if he gets the credit.

prisoner6