Mars Methane Debate Rages

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http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn7775<br /><br />So it's still debatable whether or not there is methane on Mars at all. If so, how much? Maybe 3000 times as much as so far reported. Where might it come from? Magma? -- so far not seen -- or life? -- also not seen to date. Some other process? Is methane being broken down by means other than sunlight? By dust storm generated electricity?<br /><br />Wow! Fun times ahead. We need to get an orbiting mission to Mars that can answer these questions and hopefully produce a detailed, animated, methane map of Mars and ID point sources. What a pity if it turns out to be much ado about nothing. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>