If they find any DNA, I say we extract it and splice it into something living down here.
But the libs say no life in a mother’s womb until ....
A leopard spot is impressive, but I want to see the whole skeleton.
The key to the announcement appears later in the article ..
Apparently they have to examine their budgets to see if they can continue the search....
Never mind that the information they are speculating about is weak regarding the presence of ancient(now dead) life
NASA seems to do this every 5-10 years or so....”feed me”, cried the NASA budget.
There was the labeled release experiment on the 1976 Mars Viking lander that suggested there was microbial activity on Mars.
Microbes might have been metabolizing a variety of organic compounds that were enriched with radioactive carbon 14 that formed the core of the experiment. The release of the radioactive carbon dioxide, the assumed metabolic biproduct, was detected and the release also followed the Mars diurnal cycle.
Not proof but certainly suggestive.
“ The United States, primarily through NASA, has spent approximately $23.5 billion (in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation) on Mars exploration and investigation from 1960 through fiscal year 2024.”
Yay! Finally, a return on our investment!
No Trees = No Life of worth
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Specifically, researchers have been looking at unusual spots and seed-like shapes in ancient Martian rocks that might point to the existence of tiny life forms in the distant past.
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Although the findings have been being talked about for months, Hurowitz noted that scientists needed to gather more data from Neretva Vallis and confirm the results with other researchers before coming to the conclusion that this could be Martian life.
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'We are here to say this is exciting and we want to share that news. This could be very real,' Duffy continued.
So many qualifiers in the release.
Sounds like it's time to renew NASA's funding, so they, once again, release a statement about how they might have found "proof" of life on Mars.
Sometimes, a rock is just a rock. Of course, when your job depends on finding something, you’ll figure out a way to “find” it.
One question that comes to mind - why are scientists trying so hard to “find” evidence of life on Mars? The stated purpose of the Martian rovers - and the enormous expense entailed- is to look for ancient life.
Why? Are they trying to “prove” that life is self-generating and common?
If they don’t find anything at all, then what?
How do we know it wasn’t brought there from here? We’ve sent a lot of junk up there which could have been contaminated with just about anything.
These guys remind me of folks looking for bigfoot. Every crackle, snap, pop in the woods is a bigfoot. Very dark spot, unfamiliar howling is a bigfoot. I’m not debunking bigfoot, just making a comparison between the two.