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Andean Bioexpedition To Highest Lake Mimics Old Mars

Posted by Hemos on from the examing-the-past-to-see-the-future dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The analogy between the highest lake on Earth and extremes on Mars has NASA Ames and the SETI Institute collaborating to analyze microbial samples. The combination of high ultraviolet radiation, low oxygen, low atmospheric pressure approximates the closest one can come to what Mars was like 3.5 billion years ago when it was wet and warm. The expedition page has a running schedule for the next 3 weeks."

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  1. 3.5 million years ago ? by billcopc · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Now who was on mars to witness this warmth and wetness ? Sure, we can figure a bit of the past by looking at the present, but 3.5 million years on a planet we still don't know that well yet ? Somebody hold a gun to these "researchers'" heads so the bullshit comes to an end.

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