.THE APPLICATION of Bayesian inversion to a stable of lithologic specifications in an evaluation of seismic data hardly seems the stuff of headings. Yet when the seismic data you are actually analyzing originated from Mars, and also when your reasoning advises that the most ideal explanation for them is actually liquid water in the pores between stones, you have an account. There is dwarfs crave a lot more, when it pertains to nomadic science, than water on Mars. Why does the prospect produce such enjoyment-- as well as what performs this brand-new investigation contribute to the account?