Posted on 09/21/2013 9:39:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
After a year roaming the surface of Mars, NASA has failed to find any evidence that its atmosphere is supporting life, it was revealed today.
The Curiosity rover currently scanning the Red Planet has not detected any methane, a gas that is produced by living things.
Since landing in Gale Crater last year, every morning and evening the car-size probe has analyzed Mars’ air and scanned it with a tiny laser in search of the greenhouse gas.
Not finding it means that it is unlikely that microbes capable of producing the gas are living below the planet’s surface, scientists said today. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
So greenhouse gas = evidence of life. But, we're told every day by Libs how horrible greenhouse gas is. I'm so confused.
Do people really believe trash like that?
George Norri sounds like he needs to get his head out of the gluebag
Sounds like a good story! We’ll be able to verify what he’s said when the first people land on Mars in 2020-2022.
But the scientists who lobbied for funding for Curiosity said the science was settled that the Martian atmosphere contained methane.
Which proves the Apollo missions were fabricated. By Sheila
Duh...I could have told them that and saved them a lot of money.
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