Sadly, it is true

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Sadly, it is true

E.P. Grondine — 12/13/2001 5:42:29 PM (archived)

The core of Mars has pretty well cooled down, and thus Mars does not have much of a magnetosphere to speak of. Without this magnetic field to protect it against the radiation from our Sun, the surface of Mars regularly recieves deadly levels of it.

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Water on Mars? - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2001 7:16:18 PM
- Sure, there's water on Mars - E.P. Grondine - 12/13/2001 6:40:34 PM
  - Re: Sure, there's water on Mars - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/14/2001 2:07:11 PM
  - Dude: Have some dignity. We heard you the first forty times. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/13/2001 9:11:37 AM
    - And here's number 42 - E.P. Grondine - 12/13/2001 9:50:10 AM
      - I heard a rumor about Martian radiation the other day! Surely it can't be true! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/13/2001 11:33:28 AM
        
        Sadly, it is true - E.P. Grondine - 12/13/2001 5:42:29 PM
        
        This is amazing news!!! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/14/2001 6:16:49 PM
        
        Re: This is amazing news!!! - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2001 6:29:43 PM
- Re: Water on Mars? - phil - 12/13/2001 1:42:13 PM
  - Re: Water on Mars? - gbaikie - 12/13/2001 8:48:12 PM
    - Re: Water on Mars? - phil - 12/13/2001 9:44:42 AM
- ICE on Mars - Nick Hoffman - 12/13/2001 9:37:42 AM
  - Time to form a martian ice hockey team? [n/t] (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 12/13/2001 2:55:44 PM
    - No, you can't skate on Mars! - Nick Hoffman - 12/14/2001 9:38:49 AM

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