If you sent something with iron on it to Mars, would it rust?

Subject: If you sent something with iron on it to Mars, would it rust?

Date: Tue Jun 15 14:21:42 1999
Posted by Lindsey
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Area of science: Astronomy
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The soil on Mars is said to be red/brown because it contains iron 
oxide (rust), so could it be safe to say that there might have 
once been large amounts of iron on Mars' surface? Also, if there 
was iron on Mars, wouldn't it have had to have rained for it to 
rust? Thanks for helping!

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