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Old August 1st 08, 04:50 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Mark R. Whittington
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Default Water on Mars Confirmed by Mars Phoenix

The Mars Phoenix lander has discovered definite proof of water on
Mars, according to the Washington Post. The Mars Phoenix scooped a
sample of soil from the Martian surface and heated it in a special
oven. Scientists noted that part of the sample evaporated at the
freezing point of water. Sensors also indicated that the vapor was
composed of H2O.

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Old August 2nd 08, 04:05 AM posted to sci.space.policy
BradGuth
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Default Water on Mars Confirmed by Mars Phoenix

On Aug 1, 8:50 am, "Mark R. Whittington"
wrote:
The Mars Phoenix lander has discovered definite proof of water on
Mars, according to the Washington Post. The Mars Phoenix scooped a
sample of soil from the Martian surface and heated it in a special
oven. Scientists noted that part of the sample evaporated at the
freezing point of water. Sensors also indicated that the vapor was
composed of H2O.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...n_mars_discove...


But lo and behold, not one official part per billion of h2o as
recorded by our spendy mass spectrometer. How did that manage to
happen?

Is this version of Mars h2o being WMD stealth/invisible to our fancy
and best possible technology of mass spectrometer? (is the MS
instrument broken?)

Their supposed "sample evaporated at the freezing point of water"
while at less than 10 mb is what kinda proves that it's not
necessarily or all that likely water unless they'd taken the near
vacuum of their environment into account.

Perhaps AC(associatedcontent) has been duped, as usual.

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