Posted on 11/30/2001 7:47:12 AM PST by green team 1999
Edited on 04/29/2004 1:59:42 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mars is now dry, dusty and cold, but a new study confirms that the Red Planet once was covered by vast oceans and had more water per square mile than Earth.
In fact, it once had enough water to cover the planet to a depth of almost a mile, researchers say, citing an analysis of data measuring the amount of molecular hydrogen in the atmosphere.
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On occasion we need something to take people's minds off the stupidity, gloom and doom of the political world. This new information about the Red Planet offers just such an opportunity.
Congressman Billybob
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