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27 Nov 09
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article in the times today
must say that if correct is profound and arguably the greatest discovery ever made. personally i believe we are not alone in the universe, however the impact of discovering intelligent alien life would be impossible to predict, so don't know whether I want them to land or not ;)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6934078.ece
Nasa scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life exists on Mars.
It showed that microscopic worm-like structures found in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13,000 years ago are almost certainly fossilised bacteria. The so-called bio-morphs are embedded beneath the surface layers of the rock, suggesting that they were already present when the meteorite arrived, rather than being the result of subsequent contamination by Earthly bacteria.
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must say that if correct is profound and arguably the greatest discovery ever made. personally i believe we are not alone in the universe, however the impact of discovering intelligent alien life would be impossible to predict, so don't know whether I want them to land or not ;)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6934078.ece
Nasa scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life exists on Mars.
It showed that microscopic worm-like structures found in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13,000 years ago are almost certainly fossilised bacteria. The so-called bio-morphs are embedded beneath the surface layers of the rock, suggesting that they were already present when the meteorite arrived, rather than being the result of subsequent contamination by Earthly bacteria.
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come on :) youd have to be a seriously stupid person to believe there is no 'life' anywhere else in this vast universe..
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Six of Clubs 27 Nov 07:35
however the impact of discovering intelligent alien life would be impossible to predict, so don't know whether I want them to land or not ------------------------------ Given Mankind's propensity for killing one another, coupled with the progressive overpopulation of the planet, the exhaustion of natural resources and the development of massively-destruvtive weapons, I'd say we are living on borrowed time anyway. Let's see what aliens we can find before we obliterate ourselves! |
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big-game-player 27 Nov 07:42
come on :) youd have to be a seriously stupid person to believe there is no 'life' anywhere else in this vast universe.. agreed. but perhaps surprising that they found life on mars. |
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Highly unlikely there is life now on mars or any planet in our solar system, the more likely answer is that tens of millions of years ago there was some form of bacterial life on mars at best.
Is there life on other planets the odds are 1.000000000000000001 that there is, will we long enough to find conclusive proof,probably not. |
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Thats not the case at all. There is ice under the surface in Mars, and we haven't got a clue what is in it. There has been relevantly recent water movement there to, looking at the rock formations. It is an open question.
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Old news, remember this from about 10(?) years ago, open to guesses, suggested that NASA said it was a fossil of life because their budgets were under pressure....
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actually its an update on the "old news" as they have addressed the questions of contamination etc previously associated with the original discovery
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I agree with flatliner on this one.
The new Nasa budget is decided in January and they want a 20% increase. This part gives it away: However, he added that the study was not a |
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i liked the show
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What puzzle me is the assertion that Mars has metiorites which seem to break off and land on earth :0
And our 'Scientists' know what they are and where they're from 13,000 (?) years later! And no-one questions it. The universe is more or less infinite. Our galaxy has more stars than we can imagine, there's all sorts of stuff, (life and otherwise) we cannot begin to comprehend, but every so often some expert feels the possibility of a couple of quid coming in for a 'discovery'. |
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This is highly thought provoking on the subject
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk |
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Gasses within the substances in the meteorite match with those found by Viking in the atmosphere, I read the other day. Also, the outer 4 planets are out for obvious reasons. The inner 2 are out because of gravity (Id assume).
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If our scientists know exactly what went on 13,000 years ago on a world millions of years ago why can they not build an affordable car that doesn't require the use of petrol to run it and then do what they did in the 60's with the electric car in America, take ALL petrol cars off the road and repalce them with the new ones.
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They could match stuff from comets, or from outside the solar system probably as well, bog.
But I take the point. |