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Life on Mars? Why Not?

Posted by michael on from the little-fuzzy-aliens-with-big-sharp-teeth dept.

Guillaume Filion writes "IEEE spectrum has an interesting article about a new probe sent to Mars searching for life: 'Recent missions to Mars have focused on the search for water, past or present, as a surrogate for life itself. But now a British-led team is working to renew the search for life directly, fueled by doubts about the equipment that prompted NASA to declare Mars a dead world some 26 years ago.'"

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  1. In a fascinating new development... by Lazarus_Bitmap · · Score: 5, Funny
    The researchers discovered Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden, and a huge cache of Iraqi WMD hiding in a crater that bore a curious resemblance to the face of Jenna Bush.

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  2. Re:why water? by binaryDigit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Couldn't life be based upon a different liquid than water?

    beer

    A different solid than carbon?

    pizza

  3. Why not? by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    WHY NOT?!!!!

    Because it would shake our religious and moral philosphies to their very core! Because, everything we believe in would be proven wrong!! What's wrong with you? Lord, man, I'm shaking just thinking about it.

    Oh, I thought you said wifes in bars.
    never mind

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