Bruce Jakosky
Bruce Jakosky
Bruce Martin Jakoskyhas been involved with the Viking, Solar Mesosphere Explorer, Clementine, Mars Observer, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, Mars Science Laboratory and MAVEN spacecraft missions, and is involved in planning future spacecraft missions...
basics clues understand
We're getting clues but we really don't understand the basics yet.
awful history water
We know an awful lot about the history of water on Mars,
allow mars point seems standing toward warm water wet
I think that this seems to point toward Mars being warm enough and wet enough to allow standing water
abundance allow greater leaves life open surface tap
If it's surface water, that would allow the possibility of photosynthetic organisms. Once you can tap into sunlight, it leaves open the possibility for a much greater abundance of life if it was ever there.