Mars can be a horrible tease. Things that "must be" turn out not to be at all; things that "can't be" suddenly turn into obvious truths. It's been like that for generations; Mars just doesn't seem to fit our expectations, no matter what they are.
"Water" has been a principal expectation for almost as long as there has been serious scientific study of the Red Planet, and "water" -- in the form of ice and permafrost -- now seems widespread. Some liquid has also flowed and ponded -- even possibly oceaned -- on the surface, many times over vast ages, and, possibly it still does so on an infrequent basis.
All I'm asking is whether that liquid is typically "water" as we would commonly understand it: fresh or mildly salty. Most Mars study assumes it is, but the evidence is less compelling than it should be. A lot of the evidence suggests strong brines, acids, and so forth. Not at all what we would call "water" on Earth. But undeniably "aqueous."
Space/Science » in reply to re: Mars, Marcia, Mars - Dear BR:
What could have been, is now, might be in the future
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- Ancient Mars was wet and diverse....
- Wet yes, but wet with what?
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- Unfortunately
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- all still too early
- Rivers flowed WHEN it rained *
- re: Ancient Mars was wet and diverse.... to Marsbug below:
- Wet yes, but wet with what?