From: dstdba@post4.tele.dk   
      
   "Ron Baalke"  wrote   
    in message news:bj5ruc$oih$1@nntp1.jpl.nasa.gov...   
      
   > FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- A team of researchers from   
   > the University of Arkansas has measured water evaporation   
   > rates under Mars-like conditions, and their findings favor   
   > the presence of surface water on the planet. Water on the   
   > planet's surface makes the existence of past or present life   
   > on Mars a little more likely, according to the group.   
      
    [snip]   
      
   > The researchers have brought on-line a large planetary   
   > environmental chamber in which temperature, pressure,   
   > atmosphere, sunlight and soil conditions can be reproduced.   
      
    I take it that gravity on Mars being a mere 38% of that in the   
    experiment has little bearing on the evaporation rate?   
      
   -Jens   
      
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