Reader comments: Minerals hint at past water on Mars

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Terrible waste | 5:52 a.m. Sept. 30, 2008
I'm so tired of all the money that is spent and wasted on "Mars exploration". So there was water, or there wasn't water--WHAT DOES IT MATTER???????????????
jackson | 9:24 a.m. Oct. 3, 2008
wow are you being serious! you dont see the importance of seeing if another planet is inhabitable! wow maybe you just aren't seeing the big picture

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The Mangala Fossae trough, a system of outflow channels on Mars, bears evidence of lava deposition and catastrophic floods. (ESA, Getty Images)
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The Mangala Fossae trough, a system of outflow channels on Mars, bears evidence of lava deposition and catastrophic floods.