Martian soil may contain life, ...or maybe not |
Martian soil may contain life, ...or maybe not |
Aug 23 2007, 09:27 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Sounds like the presentation went down very well, congrats Doug! (well worth downloading the slides too everyone, by the way...)
On a slightly different subject, wonder how many of you have come across this yet..? "Martian soil might contain life" Offered without comment or opinion, just wondered if anyone had seen it... reckon it'll be all over the news tomorrow. -------------------- |
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Aug 23 2007, 09:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Here's the Space.com article - a bit less sensational:
Claim of Martian Life Called 'Bogus' http://www.space.com/news/070823_mars_life.html -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Aug 24 2007, 12:20 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Here's the Space.com article - a bit less sensational: Claim of Martian Life Called 'Bogus' http://www.space.com/news/070823_mars_life.html Good article, Dan; lots more critical thinking evident here. I mean, for starters, we're asked to believe that H2O2--somewhat less than a stable compound-- is and has been abundant (and enduring) enough on Mars to serve as a fundamental chemical in a chain of assumptions (that gets even more specious if the logic is followed) that ultimately leads to an active, modern alien biochemistry partly based on this highly volatile substance. The Viking results didn't even definitively prove that elemental carbon was present in the samples in any significant amount! Does anybody else see blue puddles of Martian water stuck to the wall of a crater here? I mean, c'mon! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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