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Methane on Mars?
mbone writes "Two independent groups are claiming the detection of methane in the Martian atmosphere, one using the
Mars Express orbiter,
and the other using ground based telescopes. This detection, if confirmed, would be of great significance for the search of life on Mars, as Methane will not last long in the Martian atmosphere and thus must be renewed, presumably either by biological processes or by volcanic vents, which would be a good place for life to develop. The leader of the ground based astronomy team, Michael Mumma of the Goddard Space Flight Center, when asked if the methane was biological in origin, said 'I think it is, myself personally.'"
...it will be indisputable evidence of living, farting Martian beings!
Actually, a couple of sources indicate that humans emit little or no methane when they pass gas.
Is it possible that this is a contamination issue from the original setup on earth? Could this have travelled with the spaceship to mars? I have heard rumours of NASA employees that have resorted to eating only brown beans due to budget restrictions. Is this a science issue or a budgetary issue?
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Well, atleast he's not denying it. How did Michael get to Mars? Gee, he must have a heck of an intestinal disorder for it to be detectable with a telescope!
-WolfWithoutAClause
"Gravity is only a theory, not a fact!"My theory of Martian Cows works!!!
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There is no dupe
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Is this another future Mac OS project, much like their famous Butt-Head Astronomer project.
Come to think of it, Bevis is a constellation.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I think it is myself, personally
...with an Earth-shattering Ka-boom!
He who smelt it, dealt it.
Hi. I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from such Martian flatulence films as "The Baked Bean Crater" and "Angry Red Anus".
Any one got a light... ?
Ahhh, methane. Proof of the existence of chili and beer on Mars. I'm on my way...
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
Since we now know that once Mars had liquid water in significant amounts, and now we've found evidence of methane gas, there can only be one conclusion:
There were cows on Mars.
But what happened to the cows on Mars, you say?
Well, that's simple. As any reputably zoology dragon will tell you cows have infinite density. As Dr. Joel and Alex Veitch discovered in the Jaunuary 2004 issue of The Annals of Completely Fraudulent Research:
Obviously this means that all of Mars' water was not evaporated by a thinning atmosphere, but carried off by a massive cow-based singularity.
In order to prevent such a catastrophe from occuring on this planet it is clear that we must begin a systematic effort to minimize the cow population. Preferably using barbeque sauce...
Now NASA will spend a quarter of a billion dollars to send a lit match to Mars
.. I think this stinks..
To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB
traces of Beano. That would be a sure sign of intelligent, carbon based life. . .
Someone's gotta tell these aliens that if they wanna stay hidden they better stop farting.
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Go canucks, habs, and sens!
So what you're saying is; someone on earth farted onto a rock with such force that it was propelled into space and hit the very same planet we're investigating at the moment?
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Suuuure.. mr probability.
- Mad, ingenous - they've both left you puzzled -
And here I thought all the methane was around Uranus....
Sorry, I often mistake Mars for Uranus!
Stop milking other people's jokes.
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!
No, that means anti-evolutionints failed to evolve...