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Life on Mars?
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Life on Mars?
January 15, 2009 at 3:24 am
I really hope this turns out to be true.

As Prof Pillinger said, methane in these sorts of volumes would normally indicate life as it needs to be replenished.

Fingers Crossed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtec...-life.html
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RE: Life on Mars?
January 15, 2009 at 3:45 am
Interesting. (I'm going to have David Bowie in my head all morning now.) Paul Davies postulates that life on Earth may well have started on Mars in his 'The Origin of Life'. Not sure when I'll get a chance to read it.
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January 15, 2009 at 4:27 am
That would be awesome indeed. I was actually thinking Bowie as well as I entered the thread. Smile
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RE: Life on Mars?
January 15, 2009 at 11:08 am
So was I. I saw all of the first series of life on Mars and also some ashes to ashes episodes. Ashes to Ashes is good but I prefer Life on Mars so far.

Oh and very interesting. Interesting indeed.

Btw, like 10 years ago I believe I heard in a newspaper that alien bacteria had been found on Mars.

I'm assuming it was discounted then.
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RE: Life on Mars?
January 15, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Yeeeeeeeeeees Smile
Oooh I'm excited about this one
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January 15, 2009 at 9:18 pm
oh boy oh boy oh boy Big Grin
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April 20, 2009 at 10:35 am
This is a great discovery. It's very amazing that there are methan gas on that planet, really intresting!
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RE: Life on Mars?
April 24, 2009 at 12:13 am
Wow, I would love to see them find concrete evidence of alien life. . .even if it is just methane producing "organisms below the surface."
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RE: Life on Mars?
April 24, 2009 at 9:06 am
(April 24, 2009 at 12:13 am)Atheismo Wrote: Wow, I would love to see them find concrete evidence of alien life. . .even if it is just methane producing "organisms below the surface."

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RE: Life on Mars?
April 24, 2009 at 9:19 am
It would certainly settle the "how did life begin" debate a bit more. If life can exist elsewhere in out own solar system, why not elsewhere?
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