Mars May Be Dry After All

BillC writes "Boston Globe reports that all the Martian features which looked like water just under the surface might merely be the land features left behind when glaciers retreated thousands or millions of years ago."

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I can PROVE Mars has water

[empesey]

My local Wal-Mart is selling a product called Martian Mud. Since one half of the recipe calls for water (I'm assuming Martian water), there is no doubt that Mars has an ample supply. After all, Sam Walton wouldn't get involved in a venture of limited cash making capacity. And we all know that Sam was an honorable man, and that he wouldn't be trying to pull the wool over our collective eyes.

Re:So where did all the water go?

[jafac]

Mars has no magnetic field, therefore no protection in the atmosphere from solar radiation that will take a water vapor molecule, make that molecule it's bitch, and split it wide open into oxygen and hydrogen, the hydrogen floats into space, and the oxygen combines with iron in the soil to make iron oxide, giving the planet it's rich amber hue.