Re: Them Reptilians again


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"Deirdre Sholto Douglas" <finch.enteract@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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conwaycaine wrote:

I thought they had pretty well established that water does indeed exist
on Mars.
The big question, of course, is how much.

They established that water _ice_ appears to
exist but as of the beginning of this month
there's still nothing conclusive confirming
the present of liquid water. Phase of matter
matters...esp. if the next step is trying to
look for the signature of life.

I read that some Scientists hope there will be large deposits of water
(perhaps ice) locked up underground.
If so, that should make the colonization of Mars easier.
What ever happened to the theory that fairly large quantitie of ice may
be found in some areas of the moon (deep crevices and such)?

Mind you, hydrated or not, we can still play
with soil samples, but hydrated increases the
odds of finding familiar bio-molecules...des-
sication makes things a bit harder to recognise
unless you already have some idea what you're
looking for.


And the big sign at the entrance will read "John Carter slept here".
I refuse to be impressed by anyone less than Dejah
Thoris of Helium.

When I was a kid, I dearly loved that series of books.
A bit dated now but great in their day.

Personally I think they should be required
reading for all kids...as a classic example
of the genre, if for no other reason.

I wonder if kids of today would have the same sense of awe we did.
After all the special effects to be found in movies and computer games
kind of dulls the mind's ability to create a world from the printed page,
I would think.

Not at all Conway.

My children are all avid readers.

Replying to my own post - which isn't a good sign.

I am a pretty determined glass half-full type of guy.

Yet sometimes that can be severely tested. We have just been to a childrens
writing workshop, with a writer of children's books. It was advertised in
the local paper, free of charge, in a large city centre bookshop. I couldn't
get them out of the house fast enough, because I was worried it would be so
packed we wouldn't get in.

Apart from my two there were three other children there. Two of them only
appeared to be there because their Granny knew the author. As I said,
sometimes I have to wonder.

Never mind, my girls really enjoyed it. I bought a couple of her books and
they got her to sign them which was also good.

Neb


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