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 Sep 30 2006, 02:16 AM
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Gil Levin has a new document on the Spherix website: Modern myths of Mars (1.3 Mb PDF).
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Sep 30 2006, 08:00 PM
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 Merciless Robot  Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Sounds like a good approach, but I shudder at the price tag.
Additionally, you'd have to find an in situ way to discriminate between imported terrestrial bugs (which there will definitely be) and any prospective natives. Postulating for the sake of argument that Martian life exists, if it will eat what we give it how can we ascertain whether it is in fact native, or terrestrial contamination? Obviously there would have to be close biochemical similarities in any culturing scenario for the experiment to work at all, but unless the bugs have little tattoos on them that say "Mars native & proud of it" that we can see under the microscope or that there are initially so many that they couldn't possibly be contaminants the results would remain inconclusive. I just don't see how to reach a definitive finding one way or the other without extremely detailed DNA analysis (esp. if Martians don't use DNA, but instead use some other mega-molecule...that would be a slam-dunk right there!)  [EDIT]: Found this pic of a Mars critter from Disney's "Mars & Beyond"...gotta have a thread mascot!  
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AlexBlackwell Modern myths of Mars Sep 30 2006, 02:16 AM
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