[Junior]

A single bacteria? Are you stoned? Nothing in that article or in any literature said anything about "a single bacteria."

I swear, some people think they have a license to make things up if they're doing it "for a good cause."

[jps098]

Stoned? I'm referring to the original press conference when the "Mars Rock" was touted as just such an object. I also remember that a number of scientists on the research team completely dismissed the "Mars Rock" conjecture as bunk. Too bad that didn't make much news at the time, for some reason.

Because the area "looked" like a bacterial growth, the claim was made. Search Lexis-Nexis and read the original press statements.