[djf]

Totally narrow, almost fraudulent conclusion.

I can drink water from lake Erie.
I can drink water from the Pacific ocean, just not too much.

I can drink water from an oasis in the middle of the Sahara.

There are places in Nevada that if I drank water from a hole in the ground, I’d be dead in 48 hours.

There are brine shrimp on the planet that live in water so corrosive it would probably burn a hole in your shirt.

But it is interesting we are getting some results back.

[wendy1946]

Probe images over the last dozen years have shown unmistakable and overwhelming evidence that Mars used to be inhabited and NASA continues to largely ignore this information because it wipes their major paradigms regarding the history of the solar system.

[Right Wing Assault]

Totally narrow, almost fraudulent conclusion.

True. It is hard to believe a scientist could come to such a conclusion. "Some rocks are too salty therefore all rocks are too salty."

[ASA Vet]

But it is interesting we are getting some results back.

This report has nothing to do with the new Phoenix mission.

[Swordmaker]

Totally narrow, almost fraudulent conclusion.

I agree. The Mars Rovers have explored far less than 0.00001% of the Martian surface. To base general conclusions on what they have found and analyzed is absurd. Suppose Martin MASA (Martian Aeronautical and Space Administration), under the direction of Marvin the Martian, sent rovers to Earth and they landed in South East California near Mono Lake:

Tufas (Calcium Chloride salt crystal towers) near the shore of Mono Lake

And analyzes the chemistry of the water and finds the salinity level is 8.1% with a highly alkaline pH of 10, large quantities of other chlorides, carbonates, and sulfides, fails to notice the Fairy Brine Shrimp that live quite happily in those severe conditions, and concludes that life is not possible on Earth.