[meteorite-list] DRY lake beds on Mars

[Greg Hupe]

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

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Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
gmhupe at centurylink.net
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
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-----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





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