European mission to Mars

[Martin]

sounds cool

 

[yakko]

Maybe they will be able to do it without crashing because of the standard/metric conversion.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Beagle 2 is a nice machine. I wish the ESA could get a bigger budget so we could see more like it.

 

[Joony]

"Meticulous precautions are taken so the visiting probes do not bring along unintended stowaways -- microorganisms that could conceivably survive the trip and live on Mars."

hmm, what happens if they do live on mars?

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Joony
"Meticulous precautions are taken so the visiting probes do not bring along unintended stowaways -- microorganisms that could conceivably survive the trip and live on Mars."

hmm, what happens if they do live on mars?

If we would find proof of life on Mars it could be life which hiked along instead of life that already was there.

 

[Nefrodite]

it gonna send samples back?

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1

Originally posted by: Joony
"Meticulous precautions are taken so the visiting probes do not bring along unintended stowaways -- microorganisms that could conceivably survive the trip and live on Mars."

hmm, what happens if they do live on mars?

If we would find proof of life on Mars it could be life which hiked along instead of life that already was there.

Huh? I posted earlier today that NASA confirmed that some rocks from Mars had bacteria that was from Mars. It's right on NASA's front page (or was).

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: Joony
"Meticulous precautions are taken so the visiting probes do not bring along unintended stowaways -- microorganisms that could conceivably survive the trip and live on Mars."

hmm, what happens if they do live on mars?

Well, if Mars is truly lifeless, then we start "terraforming" early. Seriously though, as long as Mars is lifeless, it really wouldn't matter.

Ryan

 

[HombrePequeno]

Huh? I posted earlier today that NASA confirmed that some rocks from Mars had bacteria that was from Mars. It's right on NASA's front page (or was).

That was evidence of past life.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Nefrodite
it gonna send samples back?

Most likely too costly. It will probably contain a compact laboratory instead and send all the data back here.