Posted on 12/04/2012 8:39:41 PM PST by smokingfrog
thank you very much much for that correction
organic compounds (chemicals containing carbon)
lol, “organic compounds” vs “chemicals containing carbon”...maybe they mean the same thing to chemists, but to a layman one sounds like “life” and the other like “yeah whatever”.
They may find complex hydro-carbons and even amino acids, but it’s a long, long, googleplex long way to the self-replicating RNA molecule. I don’t think they will find that, but if they do, then that would be news. We live on an exceptionally rare planet.
Spirit conked out in 2010, Opportunity is still working.
;^)
I’m not surprised in the least. If the hydroplate theory [replaces plate tectonics] is true then one should expect water, organic compounds and possibly even fossils from Earth throughout the planets and moons in our solar system. See my links page re: the hydroplate theory.
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