Cardman wrote in news:kv89j1lb0v6lfamrk7cvi34n1stjiguvh4
@4ax.com:

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:15:36 -0000, Skywise
wrote:

"jonathan" wrote in
:

Snipola

Define "very recent".

Well based on one of those links, then an event 2 to 5 million years
ago resulted in a huge flow of water that ended up in a North Sea
sized section of pack ice.

Since 2 to 5 million years is like yesterday in terms of Mars, then so
can you conclude that it is an on-going process.

All the evidence points to Mars being a very wet place, with frozen
water not too far below the surface. That strong theory naturally
requires direct on the ground confirmation.

Cardman.

I know what recent means to a geologist. I wanted to know what it
means to jonathan. Adding the adjective 'very' makes it worse. I
don't know if that's supposed to mean the geologists 'very recent'
or the lay persons 'very recent'.

Brian
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