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re: What happens rarely
BRFElix — (archived)

We need to always con[s]train our ideas against what is known about Mars and our terrestrial and lunar experience.

That's where I think we may be going astray. The Solar System consists of a lot more than Earth and Moon, and what we understand about Mars -- if it constrained by only those two examples -- may be deep in error.

That's why I bring up the countering examples of Venus, Io, Europa and Triton (among others we could choose) in another post to help expand our comparative resources.

It's hardly baseless speculation to suggest that internal processes we think are at work on those bodies may also function on Mars. The example of the Earth also provides a lot of alternatives to impact creation.

I think we need to get beyond an over-reliance on impact to explain surface features (while not dismissing it) and become more broadminded.

But that's just me. ;)

Cheers, BFelix

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