At every landing site pressure NEVER fell below 6.1 mbars.

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Robert Clark — 12/15/2004 2:30:16 AM (archived)

At both Viking landing sites extending over 2 Mars years and at the Pathfinder landing site the pressure never fell below the 6.1 mbars triple point for pressure for water. At the Viking sites it sometimes got up to 10 mbars.

Bob Clark

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Sabkha or playa, take your pick... - Nick Hoffman - 12/14/2004 2:23:08 AM
- re: salt flat, alternately wet and dry - bruced - 12/15/2004 7:05:45 AM
  - More uniform than random spheres - Philip Simon - 12/16/2004 2:42:50 AM
- Slowly changing opinions, or take a deep leap. - Philip Simon - 12/15/2004 4:14:17 AM
- I pick playa. - jms - 12/14/2004 5:26:38 PM
  - re: Being the way I am, the little bitty step pyramid - BRF - 12/14/2004 6:23:22 PM
- Or also an ancient deep water environment. - Robert Clark - 12/14/2004 3:38:38 PM
- re: Compared to what? - BRFelix - 12/14/2004 3:34:24 PM
- Whoa! Frost on the solar panels? - Robert Clark - 12/14/2004 3:32:38 PM
  - Rain on the parade, but Liquid impossibility - Philip Simon - 12/15/2004 2:22:38 AM
    - At every landing site pressure NEVER fell below 6.1 mbars. - Robert Clark - 12/15/2004 2:30:16 AM
      - My mistake Bob, you're right - Philip Simon - 12/15/2004 4:27:45 AM
  - Liquid not likely - dtb - 12/14/2004 5:09:35 PM
    - re: Liquid not likely - Robert Clark - 12/15/2004 1:48:12 AM
  - re: Whoa! Frost on the solar panels? - Robert Clark - 12/14/2004 4:22:08 PM
  - re: Frost - Tom Brosz - 12/14/2004 4:21:37 PM
    - Cool, and lots more than a "few microns" - Philip - 12/15/2004 4:33:48 AM
      - re: At the time... - BRFelix - 12/15/2004 5:24:22 AM
        
        You might be seeing it now, - Philip Simon - 12/18/2004 1:43:25 AM
- re: Yup, you really got us going there. - Aunt Bea - 12/14/2004 6:37:51 AM
  - re: I suppose you have proposed better theories that have now been vindicated? - Scott Evil - 12/15/2004 6:10:17 PM
    - Better theories that have now been vindicated? - water - 12/16/2004 12:39:43 AM
  - Re: In defense of Nick... - Vince - 12/15/2004 3:02:51 AM
- So how about some speculation? - Gary - 12/14/2004 6:05:00 AM

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