Thomas Lee Elifritz wrote:
George William Herbert wrote:
Thomas Lee Elifritz wrote:
Since we now definitely know that Mars is basically a frozen muddy glacial
ice ball just a few meters below the surface (to a depth of several
kilometers), and that Mars is only dry and desiccated in the top few meters
of soil, then the whole in situ fuel manufacturing scenario suddenly becomes
considerably more plausible.

We do not 'definitely know' that.

Sure we do. It's easily recognized via photo interpretation.
[...]

Then you are setting your photo interpretation skills and
analysis above that of, oh, for example all the professional
planetary science photo interpreters who have been working
for their entire careers on this problem.

Pardon me if I fail to agree with your self-aggrandizement
in this matter. Somehow, Mike Malin strikes me as having
better education, experience, and judgement than you do in
regards to the MGS imagery. You are free to hold and
espouse your own opinion, of course.


-george william herbert