D= “If evidence of intelligent life on Mars existed, NASA would be over-funded to the point where they could just about build a bridge to the planet.”
[LOL:]
J= I’m wondering why such ‘over-funding’ would happen? Curiosity? Conquest ? Study? Or something else?
[Simple, people would find it more interesting than other things we waste money on]
D= “You had also asked about air pressure on Mars. That was determined with the Viking probes in the 70s, and each successful lander capable of measuring air pressure since.”
J= I wonder what kind of instruments were used to take the measurements. Since you have ‘tons” of info on all types of subjects perhaps you can point me in the right direction so I can find the information.
Hmm, try this?
http://nova.stanford.edu/projects/mgs/late.html