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Mars Rover Finds Signs Of Microbial Life
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 12-11-2007
| Katie Franklin
Posted on 12/11/2007 3:00:58 PM PST by blam
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:01:00 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Bacteria on Mars? When did Congress go there?
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:03:06 PM PST
by
G8 Diplomat
(Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
To: blam
Misleading headline alert. They did NOT find signs of microbial life, only conditions that would support same here on Erf. It is one heck of a leap to say that microbial life in fact existed on Mars as a result of what was found. The potential for or an environment that could possibly support" maybe, but actual signs of life? not even close.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:05:33 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
To: blam
The press are taking this thing way out of context. Squyres indicated that they found evidence of historical environs similar to where life may be found, but he never said this was evidence of life.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:06:37 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(If Rudy's an influential conservative, then I'm an award winning concert pianist.)
To: G8 Diplomat
Re:
Bacteria on Mars? When did Congress go there? Best change that to... 
"Merde on Mars? When did Congress go there?"
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:07:59 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: blam
First of all, that’s a false headline. Tabloid news I guess...
Second of all, wake me up when they find people somewhere else.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:10:49 PM PST
by
ovrtaxt
(THOMPSON NEEDS TO CLARIFY HIS POSITION ON THE SPP BEFORE I SUPPORT HIM.)
To: blam
This was so hyped. They just found soil which gave evidence for having been an environment which if on Earth would have been a prime spot for microbial life.
If they are going to search for Martian life, then investigating this type of soil is a very logical place to start. However, simply finding this soil doesn't even hint that there was Martian life.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:13:27 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: blam
Spirit and its twin rover Opportunity have remained on Mars for much longer than originally planned. Don't you just love it when idiots write news articles. The rovers were intended to remain on Mars forever, or until someone goes there and brings them home for a museum (whichever comes first).
What is unexpected is that the rovers have remained operational for such a long time.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:14:36 PM PST
by
3niner
(War is one game where the home team always loses.)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Looks as though other freepers have beaten to the punch....
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:14:54 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Bender2
LOL true. After all, my original statement would be an insult to bacteria.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:16:14 PM PST
by
G8 Diplomat
(Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
LOL....If I kept a size 36D brassier in my bedroom, I might be able to convince some of these people I was dating Carmen Electra....
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:17:41 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: NonValueAdded
Sounds like a better argument for colonization, actually.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:18:23 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(Bill Clinton + Jimmuh Carter + Pat Robertson + Barack Obama + Gomer Pyle = Mike Huckabee)
To: Joe 6-pack
It could also mean:
-you’re a pervert
-you have big manboobs
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:19:20 PM PST
by
RockinRight
(Bill Clinton + Jimmuh Carter + Pat Robertson + Barack Obama + Gomer Pyle = Mike Huckabee)
To: blam
But Ms S-J, Lee want to know if it has found the Luna lander yet?
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:23:02 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: 3niner
You know the mission is successful because news organizations have stopped printing the initial cost in every report. Now they just go out of their way not to use the words “America” or “American” when describing the mission or the rovers.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:24:03 PM PST
by
InABunkerUnderSF
("Gun Control" is not about the guns. "Illegal Immigration" is not about the immigration)
To: blam
Let’s not mess with it. Just check every day for a million years to see what grows.
To: NonValueAdded
There has to be bacteria there now. We brought it.
To: blam
Mars rover finds signs of microbial life
The title is completely unsupported by the text.
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:27:34 PM PST
by
aruanan
To: G8 Diplomat
A close-up image from the rover reveals it to be a fungus:
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posted on
12/11/2007 3:29:17 PM PST
by
quark
To: Bender2
Since when has the Hildabeast been using Mars for an Out house
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