Life found on Mars?!
Discussion
'In the hundred years since the Victoria Cross was created for valour and extreme courage beyond that normally expected of the British soldier in face of the enemy only 1344 have been awarded. Eleven of these were won by the defenders of the mission station at Rorke's Drift............' err, wait a minute, sorry, wrong Richard Burton voiceover..........
Johnnytheboy said:
To my mind it translates as "NASA says 'please can we have some more money'"
They got more than they asked for this year.Spikes in methane mean it's either being released by tectonic activity, generated by life or by ultra violet light on organic compounds.
We know there isn't any tectonic activity and the way methane is broken down by UV light we know this is a very local event, I.E something close to the rover is producing methane.
Sheets Tabuer said:
They got more than they asked for this year.
Spikes in methane mean it's either being released by tectonic activity, generated by life or by ultra violet light on organic compounds.
We know there isn't any tectonic activity and the way methane is broken down by UV light we know this is a very local event, I.E something close to the rover is producing methane.
I bet earlier Earth probes have contaminated Mars by now.Spikes in methane mean it's either being released by tectonic activity, generated by life or by ultra violet light on organic compounds.
We know there isn't any tectonic activity and the way methane is broken down by UV light we know this is a very local event, I.E something close to the rover is producing methane.
Sheets Tabuer said:
Eric Mc said:
I bet earlier Earth probes have contaminated Mars by now.
Wouldn't be surprised, they failed to clean this rover properly, the threshold for microbes is 300,000 per surface..So loads then.
We just don't know. Some earth microbes have survived in very inhospitable locations. Some of the earliest probes were not that well sterilised. I'm thinking of the Mars 3 lander that soft landed on Mars back in 1973. Although it landed safely, it failed to return any meaningful data.
Eric Mc said:
We just don't know. Some earth microbes have survived in very inhospitable locations. Some of the earliest probes were not that well sterilised. I'm thinking of the Mars 3 lander that soft landed on Mars back in 1973. Although it landed safely, it failed to return any meaningful data.
I am sure it's worth the zillion $$$$$$$$$$$$ to find out there is bugger all up there.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff