The death of Mars

[canadianpoet]

In the Book "The Mars Mystery" by Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval & John Grigsby, the authors present a theory along the following lines:

 

Mars was once just like Earth; temperate lands and seas, with poles, an atmosphere, stronger gravitational and magnetic fields etc etc. There was a planet between Jupiter and Mars, which for an undetermined reason, was destroyed by a massive explosion. This exploded planet is now the asteroid belt, and killed off Mars.

 

There is a lot of evidence to support their theory.

 

1) The asteroid belt is a vast ring of rock and debris in between Jupiter and Mars for which there is no logical reasons for it’s existence presented by NASA or any other main body;

2) There is a logical 'gap' in between Jupiter and Mars;

3) One side of Mars is very heavily scarred, far more so than the other;

4) Mars has a huge 'crack' for want of a better word, running around the planet. Could this have been caused by a massive shock wave through the planet?

5) Mars seems, or seemed, to have many characteristics of Earth.

 

To name some.

 

Does anyone have any sensible, constructive views or comments on their theory?

[Pleiades]

I agree with the theory, I don’t know if it was responsible for “The death of Mars” tho. I believe that this missing planet got to close to Jupiter, and was sheared apart by the gravity of Jupiter.

[admiral_ju00]

How would a planet the size of Mars have a stronger gravitational force?

If this planet did explode and turn into an asteroid belt and it was between the Jupiter and Mars then shouldn't it do far greater damage to Mars than to simply heavily scar it? I'm thinking that if such a planet really did explode between the Jupiter and mars, shouldn't it take a very large chunk out of Mars or something eg: it will no longer be round or something?

[ydoaPs]

the planet was destroyed by the ancient egyptian's death ray. then they sucked away most of mars's gravity to power their transdimensional ships.

[Sayonara]

How would a planet the size of Mars have a stronger gravitational force?

By having more mass.

[admiral_ju00]

By having more mass.

 

Granted. However, I'm not buying that theory. At least not yet.

[MolecularMan14]

the planet was destroyed by the ancient egyptian's death ray. then they sucked away most of mars's gravity to power their transdimensional ships.

 

Yea...DUH!

[Alexa]

NASA has been studying the possibility to find proves of life on Mars. That's way, Odyssey spacecraft has been examining Mars since February 2002. The twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity took a lot of pictures since their landing this summer. No Martien around till now.

 

Here are a few of Odyssey's other important accomplishments so far:

 

- As summer came to northern Mars and the north polar covering of frozen carbon dioxide shrank, Odyssey found abundant frozen water in the north, too.

- Infrared mapping showed that a mineral called olivine is widespread. This indicated the environment has been quite dry, because water exposure alters olivine into other minerals.

-Findings indicated the amount of frozen water in some relatively warm regions on Mars is too great to be in equilibrium with the atmosphere, suggesting that Mars may be going through a period of climate change. Features visible near small, young gullies in some Odyssey images may be slowly melting snowpacks left over from a martian ice age.

-The first experiment sent to Mars specifically in preparation for human missions found that radiation levels around Mars, from solar flares and cosmic rays, are two to three times higher than around Earth.

-Odyssey's camera system obtained the most detailed complete global maps of Mars ever, with daytime and nighttime infrared images at a resolution of 100 meters (328 feet).