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To: Rebel_Ace

Before Mars lost its atmosphere many say it could have supported life.


47 posted on 01/22/2016 1:18:15 PM PST by IC Ken
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To: IC Ken
"Before Mars lost its atmosphere many say it could have supported life."

That is a point in favor of the tack the article is taking. So, let's say Mars was warm and inviting 3 billion years ago. There was no one on Earth to take note of it. Now Earth is full of life, and there is no one on Mars to see.
51 posted on 01/22/2016 1:26:28 PM PST by Rebel_Ace (HITLER! There, Zero to Godwin in 5.2 seconds.)
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To: IC Ken

“Before Mars lost its atmosphere many say it could have supported life.”

Not only that, but it may indeed have supported life, might even still. We have only (literally) scratched its surface with the probes that we have sent so far. If there is still life on Mars, it seems likely that it might be found in pockets of liquid water under the ice caps, or deep underground (away from the near vacuum of the surface, and the pounding by the sun’s UV rays). And our probes have detected structures in rocks which *may* possibly have been created by living organisms.


73 posted on 01/22/2016 2:41:01 PM PST by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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