Exactly how many tens of millions of years ago was all this supposed to have happened?

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Exactly how many tens of millions of years ago was all this supposed to have happened?

E.P. Grondine — 3/25/2004 8:24:37 PM (archived)

Or did they fail to mention that?

And did they mention that gases as well as water could have been the working fluid?

As it was, NASA scheduled the announcement for the wrong day: Clarke's testimony was delayed until Wednesday.

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NASA press conference title: "Opportunity Hits the Beach" - Robert - 3/23/2004 6:56:41 PM
- Exactly how many tens of millions of years ago was all this supposed to have happened? - E.P. Grondine - 3/25/2004 8:24:37 PM
- Slides from the conference - jms - 3/24/2004 2:49:48 AM
- Another version of this news from MSNBC - David F Mayer - 3/23/2004 10:32:26 PM
- Alright you geologists out there..... - Gary - 3/23/2004 9:29:43 PM
  - re: Alright you geologists out there..... - jms - 3/24/2004 2:07:41 AM
    - Hmm. A lake he says. Imagine that. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/24/2004 3:40:31 AM
  - Geologists my eye. I want to see some fossil experts going over all these photos now, if they aren't already. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2004 1:11:24 AM
  - Climate - Buck Galaxy - 3/23/2004 10:48:12 PM
  - It's all about the bedforms.... - dtb - 3/23/2004 10:42:43 PM
    - re: It's all about the bedforms.... and topography (wouldn't hurt). - Marcia - 3/23/2004 11:56:57 PM
      - Supports the idea of an ancient basin in Arabia Terra. - Robert Clark - 3/24/2004 7:00:23 AM
      - If this rock is as old as I think it is..... - jms - 3/24/2004 2:18:20 AM
        
        What could have changed the topography, so drastically? - alcaray - 3/24/2004 3:56:52 PM
        
        could be - jms - 3/24/2004 5:17:12 PM
        
        I've heard it said that... - alcaray - 3/24/2004 6:16:58 PM
        
        part of my new reading list: - jms - 3/24/2004 8:25:13 PM
        
        re: new magnetic anomaly map - Pete B. - 3/25/2004 3:01:10 AM
        
        Thanks Pete, interesting article (n/t) - jms - 3/25/2004 3:30:31 AM
  - re: I concur. I think some radiometric dating of the rocks & sediments is in order. (n/t) - Success_Machine - 3/23/2004 9:57:09 PM
- Sample return just became a lot more likely - dtb - 3/23/2004 8:21:47 PM
- Some still images - Robert - 3/23/2004 8:16:50 PM
- Squyres: "A habitable environment on Mars" - Robert - 3/23/2004 7:49:21 PM
- Press release with photos - Tom Brosz - 3/23/2004 7:22:50 PM
  - Thanks Tom, from one just listening in. (n/t) - jms - 3/23/2004 7:52:01 PM
- Sedimentary rock! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/23/2004 7:14:35 PM
  - The rocks may have been cast in a salt flat that was alternately wet and dry. - RobVG - 3/23/2004 7:39:46 PM
  - re: Sedimentary rock! - Marcia - 3/23/2004 7:38:17 PM
    - Sea Gulls on Mars - Buck Galaxy - 3/23/2004 9:06:15 PM
      - re: I have missed seeing birds in the Martian landscape. :} - Marcia - 3/23/2004 9:32:00 PM
- Weiler: "Perhaps A Shallow, Salty Sea" - dtb - 3/23/2004 7:13:34 PM
- You sure don't get beaches from water percolating up through the soil (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/23/2004 7:04:48 PM
- re: NASA press conference title: "Opportunity Hits the Beach" - Marcia - 3/23/2004 7:04:21 PM
  - Nice picture Marcia, I'd love to see the stereo pair of this one! - jms - 3/23/2004 7:47:15 PM
    - re: Nice picture Marcia, I'd love to see the stereo pair of this one! - Marcia - 3/23/2004 10:02:48 PM
      - Another nice shot! Good eye, too! - jms - 3/24/2004 1:47:59 AM
- Screen cap title - Robert - 3/23/2004 7:03:48 PM

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