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1 posted on 01/30/2007 7:23:38 PM PST by KevinDavis

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2 posted on 01/30/2007 7:24:17 PM PST by KevinDavis (“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual ways of preserving peace” – George Washington)

Future News -- Installment #1: Mars Mission successfully drills down 10 meters! No sign of Life detected!

Future News -- Installment #2: Scientists say future Mars expedition may have to drill down 12 meters in order to find life!

3 posted on 01/30/2007 7:26:12 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell was right.)

The research suggests the best places to search for Martian life are blocks of water ice or gullies that show signs of recent water flow.

Martian global warming.

5 posted on 01/30/2007 7:38:41 PM PST by RJL

Why did this come to mind?

7 posted on 01/30/2007 7:46:54 PM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("Idiocy - Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large numbers" - despair.com)

8 posted on 01/30/2007 8:19:47 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)

Life on other Planets
by Thomas Gold
May 1997
Highly oxidized iron is abundant on Mars, and very small-grained magnetite can then be expected to be one of the accumulated residues of microbial processes; so can iron sulfide and methane-derived carbonates. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are the large molecules that might remain in a rock that originally contained crude oil but then was exposed for millions of years to the high vacuum of space. All these substances have been found in the discovery meteorite, closely packaged to each other, and this by itself would make a strong case for the microbial interpretation. In addition, there are small objects seen under scanning electron microscopy that may well be fossils of microbes. While the last item by itself would not be conclusive evidence, the combination of this together with oil and the three residue products make a strong case for the microbial explanation. It is true that each step can occur without biological intervention, but the chance of finding by chance the evidence for all three solids in a small volume, together with hydrocarbons, seems to be very low. Many terrestrial oil and gas wells show just such an association (but an association with helium also, which the meteorite could not have transported through space).

The Deep, Hot Biosphere
by Thomas Gold
foreword by Freeman Dyson

9 posted on 01/30/2007 10:19:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)

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Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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10 posted on 01/30/2007 10:48:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)

related:

Hints of huge water reservoirs on Mars
NewScientist.com news service | 19:00 25 January 2007 | David Shiga
Posted on 01/27/2007 9:10:38 PM EST by BenLurkin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1774878/posts

11 posted on 01/30/2007 10:50:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not." -- John Rummel)

Hell’s been outsourced to Mars?

17 posted on 09/02/2011 5:19:51 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)

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