No wonder we haven't found any life on mars

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No wonder we haven't found any life on mars

Postby vinylrake » Wed May 27, 2009 9:08 am

Turns out that the method the mars lander/rover (s) use to search for traces of organic matter (heating it to high temperatures with a chemical used in rocket fuel and checking for oxygen given off by burning organic matter - oversimplification) completely obliterates organic matter leaving nothing to detect.

oops!

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... -life.html
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Postby Baak » Wed May 27, 2009 12:42 pm

lol! Never ceases to amaze me how little we know sometimes! :shock:


Oh man... imagine how history would have changed if they *had* found evidence of life back in 1976? Wow.

I keep waiting for it to happen. Figure it will either be from Mars or someplace a little more exotic like Europa.

Will definitely tweak belief systems around the globe.


Personally I think it's something we desperately need tweaked. ;)
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Postby Two Saks » Wed May 27, 2009 8:30 pm

Doh #-o
Reminds me of the Hubble when it first made it into orbit, before they realized it needed a contact lense.
I hear ya Baak. It will happen (finding life out there slam dunk for sure). I think enough people believe this now that it won't be quite the huge event when it does occur, wherever/whenever it may be. As for really changing things...I don't know...the big wheel turns verrrry slow ;)
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Postby Sonixboom » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:48 pm

haha, very funny :D

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