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Article: The mystery of Mars: the red planet was once soaked with water. Where did it go? And was Percival Lowell right after all?(Science)
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- Popular Mechanics
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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With each passing day, new images beamed from Mars by American rovers and European spacecraft build a stronger case for the argument that the red planet was not only awash in water at one time but also chock-full of the basic building blocks of life. Conclusive proof of life--for example, an old fish bone kicked up by a wheel of one of NASA's Mars rovers---has yet to be found. Nevertheless, there is a growing conviction among scientists that the discovery of evidence of past life on Mars is all but inevitable.
The rover Opportunity, which landed in the Meridiani Planum earlier this year, came to rest on a patch of terrain that NASA's planetary scientists believe ...
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