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Knowing HP, I know that this[^] was expensive.
"Take it left 20 degrees." 
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I suspect all they will be telling us is that water once flowed there.
(This is a biggy, for if there was liquid water for any length of time then there almost certainly was life).
I do not think they are going to tell us of evidence of life, we are not going to get a fossilized example of Marciana biota, or a set of Gillevinia straata.
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They found a bottle of Evian.
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Don't be so Naive.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Weeks ago they already told us that they were moving through an area that they suspected to once have been a river bed. Why should they make such a big thing of it now? Whatever they think they have found, I can't blame them for checking the results a thousand times before looking stupid afterwards.
Dalek Dave wrote: I do not think they are going to tell us of evidence of life, we are not going
to get a fossilized example of Marciana biota, or a set of Gillevinia
straata.
Who knows, but not too many things would justify making such a big deal of.
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Dalek Dave wrote: if there was liquid water for any length of time then there almost certainly was life
er, yeah.
"Water = evidence of life". OK, sure.
I'd have said the the presence of discarded Mars Bar wrappers would indicate the presence of life. Water is just water.
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Water + Heat + Certain chemical elements in the right conditions = the basics for life to develop, so saying water = life is a half truth
Hmm i wonder why its doing that......ARGHS NO STOP, ROLLBACK ROLLBACK...F*** That's how i learned to "Always Backup"!!
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More like a 50th than 50%.
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Mendor81 wrote: Water + Heat + Certain chemical elements in the right conditions = the basics for life to develop, so saying water = life is a half truth
Rather certain that there are some rather specific variations for each of those among a set that includes many variations which would not work.
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Water allows differing minerals to contact each other, and given enough time, this would allow a protein to form, the first little step toward life.
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Aw c'mon!
It's a hideously complicated and lengthy process, that relies on complex mixtures of chemicals coming together in the same place at the same time. and with nothing but geological drift, tiny amounts of external energy (i.e. solar power), the very light winds of a rarified atmosphere, and maybe a trickle or two of water to move the stuff around, the chances that all the right combinations would get to the same place at the same time with the right temperatures and in the right proportions are winning-the-lottery-five-times-in-a-row remote.
Add water to the "soil" that most of Mars appears to be covered with, and nothing much of interest is likely to happen at all, no matter how long you give it.
Earth had oceans of the wet stuff (which was the major factor in chemicals being moved around and new combinations being made) and a very thick, mineral-rich atmosphere, so the chances of "animate matter" springing forth were much more (but still not very) likely.
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Hey, I tried. 
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You never know, though.
They might have turned over a rock, and found somethiing like this[^].
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When they turn over a rock, one expects to find Steve Ballmer! 
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No - it'll be coffee.
They found another damn Starbucks, I'm sure of it...
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What have CelebrityDollar got to do with coffee?
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Bugger all in reality.
But you know how many people think of it as coffee (when it is mocha flavoured water with caffeine extract and allegedly cat poo).
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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