If the Growing Solar System Theory is correct then long time ago 5-8
billion years ago Mars was the planet teaming with life and Earth had
no life. The Sun at that time was much smaller as were the planets.
Earth and Mars were satellites of some gas-giant in which the gas
giant was collided with the Sun and the satellites of Mercury, Venus,
Earth and Mars were spared but their gas-giant parents were swallowed
by the Sun. Like today with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune all have
many satellites and these gas giants will either form a twin star to
the Sun or become swallowed by the Sun leaving Europa and other
satellites to become new Earths.

So, now, if say 6 billion years ago Mars was the optimal distance from
the Sun and not Earth then Mars would be teaming with life.

Now then, as billions of years lapsed and Mars became more distant
from the Sun yet Earth put into the *optimal orbit to sustain life*,
then the death of most species on Mars when it was team with life
would occur. But would all of the life have gone extinct as Mars moved
into its present orbit? I doubt it. And the lifeforms that would have
survived would be plants with root systems such as what we are now
observing on Mars.

If true and confirmed that the threadlike observations from the Mars
Rovers is plant material, then Mars is still abundant in life. Those
round nodules may have something to do with the threadlike objects.
Perhaps an onion like plant, or a bulb plant.

If all of this is true then it is only a matter of time for the Rovers
to find evidence of Coal.

Also, it is ironic that the proof that Mars has water is as simple as
the fact that the muddy topsoil sticks to the wheels of the Rover.

Archimedes Plutonium
whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots
of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies

(www.iw.net/~a_plutonium) website of the science of AP under revision