Life on Mars

[CurtOien]

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/odyssey_viking_020528.html

I will be surprised if we do not find life on mars, although it could very well likely be directly related to the life on earth and not really give us an idea of the odds of life in other solar systems.

 

[Robor]

Well, according to "The X-Files", life came to earth from a meteorite off Mars.

Seriously though, interesting article.

 

[CurtOien]

Robor,

"Well, according to "The X-Files", life came to earth from a meteorite off Mars."
Recent test have shown that life could do just that and survive the trip.
More things come to Earth from Mars than the other way, because of earth's stronger gravitational pull.
This is why I think if we do find life on Mars, it will not tell us anything of the odds of finding a technologically advanced society elsewhere.

 

[networkman]

You do realize this will give new meaning to the movie titled "My Favorite Martian"!

 

[Lord Evermore]

My Favorite Martian was a television series 36 years before it was a movie.

 

[Robor]

Curt,

Yeah, I agree with you there. Even if we discover life on Mars or find that our origin was from Mars it's not going to say much about life outside our own solar system. It would still be a significant discovery though.

 

[Jeff7]

I hope they send probes to Jupiter's moon Europa soon too. That's supposed to have a watery ocean under its icy crust.

 

[networkman]

I hope they send probes to Jupiter's moon Europa soon too. That's supposed to have a watery ocean under its icy crust.

Um.. I think you're forgetting the warning message from the movie "2010" :Q