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Old 15-October-2007, 06:47 PM
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The original article was talking about the distinction between plate tectonics and non-plate tectonics, not that between geologically active and non-geologically active (which even Mars certainly was at one time).
Just received an email from someone who signs as the space editor for New Scientest, and they say the article has been changed to read "Our own planet seems to lie at the threshold. If it were any less massive, it would probably not have PLATE TECTONICS."

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