Posted on 11/17/2012 11:13:21 AM PST by LibWhacker
On Aug. 28, 2012, during the 22nd Martian day, or sol, after landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover drove about 52 feet (16 meters) eastward. The drive imprinted the wheel tracks visible in this image. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
After decades of following the water, the reality that “life as we know it” may never have gotten a foothold on Mars’ surface, at least, has arguably taken root within the planetary science community.
If life ever was or is lurking on the Red planet, it’s been extremely coy about revealing itself.
The recent news that the Mars Curiosity rover has thus far detected no Methane is reminiscent of the frustration that followed the still contentious 1996 announcement that the Alan Hills Mars meteorite (ALH 84001) showed evidence of microfossils.
Thus, in the spirit of proving the negative, here are five reasons why Mars may have always been barren.
1. No evidence of organic molecules on Mars
“Barring methane [which is a hydrocarbon], there’s never been a single organic molecule found on Mars,” said David Catling, a planetary scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle, who stresses that he remains scientifically agnostic about the whole Mars life issue. “If life had been present, you would expect something to be left behind. If you put a bag of coal out in the rain, even in our oxygen-rich atmosphere, it’s still going to stick around quite a while.”
2. Too much Carbon Monoxide (CO) — hundreds of parts per million in the Martian atmosphere
“I have to work hard to invent stories where life can be on Mars and not eat that Carbon Monoxide (CO),” said...
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If there is no life there, there will be when we get there.
Finding life there will not disprove God. It will just make him (and his universe) even more interesting than it already is.
Who says we can’t send them a little farther away....say the sun?
Viking Orbiter 1 was successfully working until August 7, 1980, when it went out of altitude control propellant, Viking Lander 1 until November 13, 1982 when it was accidentally shut down. Viking 1 Orbiter - Viking 1 Lander (NSSDC)
1975 September 5, Titan IIIe - Centaur - TE 364-4
Viking 2 (Nasa): Orbiter and lander mission. Reached Mars orbit on August 7, 1976, lander softlanded on September 3, 1976, in Utopia Planitia 47.97 d N, 225.74 d W, 7,420 km North-East of Viking 1. Both Viking 2 orbiter and lander were equally successful as the sister craft Viking 1; Viking Orbiter 2 was active until July 25, 1978, when its altitude control propellant had been used up, Viking Lander 2 returned data up to August 7, 1980, when Viking Orbiter 1 was shut down, which had been served as communications relay.
SOOOO, AFTER LIFE WAS DISCOVERED AND THEN CALLED EXOTIC CHEMSITRY, BOTH VIKING MARS LANDERS WERE “ACCIDENTALLY SHUT DOWN”? DAYUM!
“Lack of an illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator”
LOL!!! “Where is the KA-BOOM? Where is the Earth-shattering KA-BOOM?”
>>he “snake oil” about life on Mars, or our solar system or even in our galaxy, is getting harder and harder to sell.<<
When the Mother Ship returns, I will see to it you are one of the first ones against the wall...
Why would discovering life on another planet disprove God?
Where’s your opsec dude? This is a public forum and the electrons have ears. Next you’ll start posting about unobtanium and the Chicoms will make a move in that direction. Silence is golden.
I grok that.
#1 reason..... God didn’t create life there.
And God told you this? Wow. When did He tell you?
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