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To: Robert_Paulson2

"where did the abundant flowing, liquid water all go?"

A more pointed question might be "how did the water get there in the first place if the present physical conditions cannot maintain it?"

11 posted on 03/03/2004 12:37:11 AM PST by nightdriver

To: nightdriver

A more pointed question might be "how did the water get there in the first place if the present physical conditions cannot maintain it?"

Brought there by the impact of comets, maybe?

15 posted on 03/03/2004 4:17:28 AM PST by ngc6656 (Freepaholics Anonymous advisory: Don't freep and drive.)

To: nightdriver

. . . A more pointed question might be "how did the water get there in the first place . . .

The same way it "got on" comets with even less gravitational pull.

16 posted on 03/03/2004 6:26:09 AM PST by Phil V.

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