If there is space aliens, they are either demons or angels, otherwise I believe it is just wishful thinking by non believers to prove the Bible a mistake. All other opinions are people wanting money to study nothing. A whole industry( which I support,BTW) NASA needs money for pure research. I love science, but what is going on today is more religion than science. Their religion DEMANDS that there MUST be life elsewhere and that will prove there is no God. It has nothing to do with establishing facts, but furthering unprovable myths that change every few years. The article was about Mars having a past oxygen-rich atmosphere, yet you come on here alleging these are fanatical scientist demanding we believe something...I didn't see anything like that in the article. Nobody in the article was trying to prove there is no God. Those are your words.
However, I did see you demanding everything you said regarding life in the universe is the absolute truth.
In reality, you haven't a clue.
Amazing...
In fact the article went on to say:
The link between oxygen and life on Mars is less certain. Oxygen could have been produced biologically, or by a chemical reaction in the atmosphere.