Whelp, the announcement the other day by Nasa of Mars once holding water to me is typical Nasa flare for drama. I find it a little hard to believe that their current findings after only a few months of work (and mishaps included!) provided enough evidence for making such conclusions. Although I do believe they'll find more concrete evidence, what their rhetoric suggest is that they're attempting to stir public interest once again to obtain funds for future exploration. Not that I disagree with their motives but when it comes to publicity I think Nasa is along the same lines as Bush at times. To me it's a bit obvious that they're trying to push more funding to get their landers to Mars asap (which seem delayed because of recent budget cuts to the space program's funding). I have no real problem with this goal, but I just wish they'd say it outright, considering that's what they really want. I think the stink about this situation is that the scientists, despite having such "sophisticated tools," remain skeptical (as most scientists are) until some rocks are brought back. Don't know which direction this will go but personally I hope they do get the funding...as long as they don't bring any strange mutations back with them :)
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