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Old August 3rd 18, 07:55 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Paul Schlyter[_3_]
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Default Sky and Tel: Venus ignored, too much emphasis on LONG DEAD Mars?

On Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:19:13 -0400, Davoud wrote:
Chris L Peterson:
Also, even if Mars is dead now, there's a very real possibility

that
it wasn't always so, and that evidence of past life will be found.


If Venus ever had life, it is beyond discovery.


Unless it's not "life as we know it." Improbable, but not

impossible.

And Venus is recently
resurfaced, which means it's much less useful than Mars for
understanding the developmental processes of the Solar System.


Agreed. Useful mainly to amateur astrophotographers for producing
pretty pictures.


Are you saying that you think remnants from ancient life could be
more persistent than geological features?