[count-your-change]

If the definition of life can just be made as flexible as the definitions of evolution finding life should be no problem.

And if the most sophisticated tests don't show life on Mars, the redefining will begin in earnest so that at the very least the findings become “controversial” meaning awaiting a new explanatory story to tell.

[GodGunsGuts]

Who knows, perhaps the evos will sell pet rocks from their missions to Mars!