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Originally posted by AURaptor:
First I'm hearing of this.

From Wiki -

London's Natural History Museum, which holds several intact fragments of the meteorite, allowed NASA researchers to break one open in 2006, providing fresh samples, relatively free from Earth-sourced contamination. These scientists found an abundance of complex carbonaceous material occupying dendritic pores and channels in the rock, resembling the effects of bacteria observed in rocks on Earth.[9]

A debate took place at the 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in March 2006 in Houston, Texas over the postulate that carbon-rich content within the pores of the rocks consisted of the remains of living matter. Because carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe (after hydrogen, helium, and oxygen), the presence of shapes resembling living organisms was considered insufficient by most attendees to prove that bacteria once lived on Mars.


I'm guessing that is a different meteorite than the one containing this...



ALH84001 - which was recovered from the Antarctic.



Yanno, it seems a tad odd that we'd only find trace, obscure suggestions of life from meteorites here on Earth, and nary anything of substance actually ON the planet, despite sending so many probes and satellites, some of which actually made it there in one piece and are working.

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
I'm not talking of anything surviving, but any HINT of life, other than the impressions of liquid water in the landscape.

If memory serves, Viking had 3 different tests to check for the evidence of life. 2 of them were negative, and one of them was positive. By a vote, the team went w/ the 2 negative tests, and a ' consensus ' was arrived at by NASA.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:

On planet, they would need to survive the elements, and mars is now a harsh environment.

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Originally posted by MUTT999:
Interesting stuff. Just wondering what you guys think of this idea that life on Earth began when a Mars meteorite hit us:

http://www.space.com/22577-earth-life-from-mars-theory.html

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