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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
They expect to find water in those caves. The micro climate within the cave would keep the water in it's liquid form all year round.
I have visions of a "Dune" like cave.  |
If there are caves near the bottom of Hellas Platina, a huge impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Mars, there is the possibility of running water and hence microscopic life. But of course this is just idle speculation
I think looking at the possibility of past life as the Mars Science Laboratory is designed to do is probably a better idea than just looking for present life. The chances of finding evidence of past life is greater than finding life currently existing on Mars.
