Maps Show Mars Was Once More Like Earth

vrioux writes "NASA scientists have discovered additional evidence that Mars once underwent plate tectonics, slow movement of the planet's crust, like the present-day Earth. A new map of Mars' magnetic field made by the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft reveals a world whose history was shaped by great crustal plates being pulled apart or smashed together. ."

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confusion...

[Jennasaurus]

When i recently was talking to one of my teachers about this they stated that the united States is about to put people on Mars after discovering this. I am disgusted at the fact that someone in his profession would say this considering the fact that he is a Science (call it waht you may) teacher! i mean how could we do this when we are JUST learning new factors about this planet? Also just because the fact that it has plate movement does not make it so much like the Earth that we would be able to rush crews on the surface to build cities! But also the surface of mars has much evidence of erosion and it has cannons and such so i can see how it has tectonic plates as well!