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SPACE.com Audio: Mars May Merely Be Dormant, Not Dead
By Greg Clark
Audio Producer
posted: 07:00 am ET
22 June 2000
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Fifteen years ago, a handful of scientists began arguing that Mars has had water on its surface, and in its air within the past 100 million years or so Fifteen years ago, a handful of scientists began arguing that Mars has had water on its surface and in its air within the past 100 million years or so. Those conclusions stood in conflict with the consensus then, and now, about the planet's hydrologic history. Most scientists believe that Mars has been frozen, dead and dry for billions of years. But evidence is mounting that the Red Planet may actually have had rivers, oceans, clouds and snows in the recent past. [quote] SPACE.com talked with University of Arizona hydrologist and planetary scientist Victor Baker, who has been a strong advocate of the idea that water on Mars lives. Click above to listen to our audio report. 
University of Arizona hydrologist and planetary scientist, Victor Baker has believed for years that liquid water has been a recent geologic force shaping Mars.
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