NASA’s Curiosity rover detects organic compounds on Mars

Open Minds UFO News and Investigations ^ | 12-4-12 | Jason McClellan

[GeronL]

thank you very much much for that correction

[thepoodlebites]

organic compounds (chemicals containing carbon)
lol, “organic compounds” vs “chemicals containing carbon”...maybe they mean the same thing to chemists, but to a layman one sounds like “life” and the other like “yeah whatever”.

They may find complex hydro-carbons and even amino acids, but it’s a long, long, googleplex long way to the self-replicating RNA molecule. I don’t think they will find that, but if they do, then that would be news. We live on an exceptionally rare planet.

[biggerten]

Spirit conked out in 2010, Opportunity is still working.

[smokingfrog]

NASA declared Spirit dead in May 2011, identifying hypothermia as the likely cause. But Opportunity remains an active and alert planetary explorer.

[BenLurkin]

Huh.

[DoughtyOne]

;^)

[BrandtMichaels]

I’m not surprised in the least. If the hydroplate theory [replaces plate tectonics] is true then one should expect water, organic compounds and possibly even fossils from Earth throughout the planets and moons in our solar system. See my links page re: the hydroplate theory.