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Hellish Vision of Mars Unveiled

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fire-in-the-sky dept.

mvladivostok writes "Yahoo has an interesting little article in which it is suggested that Mars may not have once been a warm, wet and hospitable planet that somehow lost its atmosphere; instead, it is suggested that the dead planet was occasionally bombarded by melting meteorites that carved out its distinctive craters and valleys. An interesting read."

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  1. What? Not Doom 3? by dzym · · Score: 5, Funny

    At first I thought this article was about Doom 3.

  2. Re:Still by Jace+of+Fuse! · · Score: 4, Funny

    Greenies want to keep the earth from changing.

    Would you call people who want to keep Mars from changing either Reddies or Brownies?

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  3. Re:NASA and Disney, you mean by ianscot · · Score: 5, Funny
    My father worked at a mapmaking company. They had some charts of Mars that NASA printed through the USGS.

    Down in the corner there was a standard disclaimer to the effect that if you found any inaccuracies in the map during use, NASA and the USGS weren't responsible.

    Use?

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  4. Re:like earth? by iomud · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's battered planet syndrome.