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Ivan Seeking
Nov7-03, 10:42 PM
Dry and largely devoid of organic material or microbial life, the desert earth has similar chemical properties to the Red Planet's.

The finding could explain why tests conducted by the Mars Viking missions raised false hopes in the search for life on another planet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3244927.stm