[meteorite-list] DRY lake beds on Mars
From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:08:17 -0500 Message-ID: <9AE77F615B5141C182AA8F3477AA6260_at_GregorXPS2010> Hello E.P. and List, E.P. wrote: "Personally, I'd prefer more money being spent on investigating the cratering of Mars."... ... or what about the Martian meteorites we find on Earth that were launched from those craters!! ;-) Best Regards, Greg ==================== Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection gmhupe at centurylink.net www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 ==================== -----Original Message----- From: E.P. Grondine Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 4:03 PM To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] DRY lake beds on Mars Hi Paul - Perhaps the emphasis here should be on "DRY". Hoffman proposed clathrates with CO2 years ago. It has been know for quite a while that impacts release water from those clathrates; in point of fact large chaotically regular impacts may explain quite well the chaotically regular strata senn in deep cuts on Mars. What always amazes me in every report of "watery" Mars is the emphasis on how Earth-like Mars is, instead of how Mars-like Mars is. The other item that always amazes me is that manned Mars flight enthusiasts fail to understand that every indication of water on Mars raises the possiblity of life there, and thus raises the hazard of back conatmination, and raises the amount of research and the time it will take to clear the back contamintaion hurddle, if it can be cleared at all. Personally, I'd prefer more money being spent on investigating the cratering of Mars. E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas "Really neat images of dry lake beds on Mars can be found in "Featured images for February 2011: Dry lake beds on Mars," at: http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/Feb11Image.html ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Wed 02 Mar 2011 04:08:17 PM PST |
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