Mars thought experiments
We also know that the (surface) atmospheric pressure
on Mars is less than 1% of the pressure
on the Earth.
And we suspect that water might be, or have been,
present on Mars -- an interesting contradiction,
it turns out.
Mars Global Surveyor mission --
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov
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