Posted: 4/5/2002 7:04:17 PM EDT
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Here's an intriguing study which opens up the possibility that plant life exists on Mars. [url]http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/04/05/mars.green/index.html[/url] If they do find plant life on Mars I'm pretty sure it would be dandelions from Earth. |
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Looking at colors in photos and deducing the molecule present is like trying to guess the brand of a bullet by looking at the holes in your target. You might be right... and there's probably some good science in how the paper fringes compared with bullet velocity caused by different brand loads... but at the end of the day it's indirect at best. More likely some news person was looking over the abstracts and got a little overly excited about a grad student's work somewhere. |
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Sounds like another wild goose chase to me. Where is the life form that it would be assoc with. If photosynthesis once ocurred on Mars it is unlikely that it would be via chlorophyll. It would likely be some other molecule. Further, if there was life on Mars at some point, perhaps a billion years ago, there would be no chlorophyll remaining. Absolutely NONE. |
| Now, guys, come one. I can think of a least a dozen hardy weeds that could easily withstand the rigors of the Martian landscape. The artic and antartic here on earth are teeming with life. Hell, even Hillary Clinton's underwear are alledged to harbor living organisms. Mars is not such a stretch. [rolleyes] |