User:Robertinventor/OR In Water on Mars Habitability Assessment
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Suggestion for Talk:Water_on_Mars and Talk:Life_on_Mars.
Proposal is to remove: "Even at a depth of 2 meters beneath the surface, any microbes would likely be dormant", as this is out of date.
and to add "Some scientists such as Nilton Renno think that there is an excellent chance of discovering present day life in surface or near surface micro habitats that may form briefly for a few hours per day or year".
This is a similar statement to the one in Encyclopedia Britannica:
"Alternatively, it could be argued that the best strategy is to look for present-day life in niches, such as warm volcanic regions or the intermittent flows of what may be briny water, in the hope that life, if it ever started on Mars, would survive where conditions were hospitable."
The rest of this page is to provide citations to back up the proposed new sentence, and to explain in detail why I think the previous sentence needs to be removed.