Mars Rock Supports Cross-Seeding Theory

914 writes "Mars rover Opportunity has found a rock (nicknamed 'Bounce') that "provides conclusive evidence not only of Martian meteorites on Earth, but also of the possibility of cross-seeding." Not only that, but according to the UPI article: 'The discovery of Bounce raises the distinct possibility that life arising from a common source could have existed for a time on both worlds.'"

Comments

Pretty lucky bounce

[bstone]

Add +5 Karma points to the Mars rovers

Re:Which was first?

[clovis]

It doesn't matter, because they're gone and we're still here. We Won!
nyaaah nyaah dumb Martians picked the wrong planet.

Re:What comes around goes around...

[the MaD HuNGaRIaN]

I don't know, but I think I saw a meteorite that was ejected from Uranus.

ba-dum-dum!

Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Try the veal..I hear it's delicious.

Bounce may be the first recorded evidence...

[gentlewizard]

... of offshoring to India.

"Bounce's chemical composition exactly matches that of a meteorite that hit the ground in Shergotty, India, on Aug. 25, 1865...NASA scientists are convinced Shergotty, EETA79001 and Bounce -- and maybe a couple dozen other Martian rocks that found their way to Earth -- were ejected from Mars by the impact of a large asteroid or comet."

Cross seeding

[dj245]

Mars rover Opportunity has found a rock (nicknamed 'Bounce') that "provides conclusive evidence not only of Martian meteorites on Earth, but also of the possibility of cross-seeding."

Nobody tell the KKK or they'll start showing up at NASA press conferences to protest. Those guys have way too much time on their hands.

Well, THAT explains why...

[SnappingTurtle]

... Martians in science fiction are so darned humanoid.

Re:Well, THAT explains why...

[Gleapsite]

... Earthlings in science fiction are so darned Martian.

now NASA has admitted that...

[me98411]

... the rover experiments were indeed faked on earth. What more evidence do you want? ;)

Re:What comes around goes around...

[88NoSoup4U88]

'Worse, a Venus sample return mission seems unlikely for the near future...'

Bush will probably *cough* promise *cough* that in a month.
Hell, those WMD gotta be somewhere ?!

You mean...

[chendo]

God had a relationship with Mars -WHILE- dating Mother Earth? BLASPHEMY!

Nostalgia

[Decameron81]

Interplanetary pong!

Diego

Re:Which was first?

[Anonymous Coward]

Izz not over yet huuman!

Pasadina: What's that flare? See it? A green flare coming from Mars. Kind of a green mist behind it. It's getting closer. You see it, Burmuda? ...Come in, Burmuda! ...Houston, come in! What's going on... tracking station 43 Canberra, come in Canberra!... tracking station 63, can you hear me Madrid... can anybody hear me? Come in...! Come in...........!

Familiar breed of rock found on Mars

[PsiPsiStar]

Scientists announced recently that the rock found on Mars, nicknamed "Bounce," was of a breed of rock similar to the pet rocks popular in the sixties.

Pet rocks are the primitive ancestors of modern pseudo-pets such as tamagotchi and Aibo.

This has led some scientists to suggest that the curious human habit of creating emotional attachments to purposeless inanimate objects may actually be extraterrestrial in origin.

Hoagland Was Right! Holy S#$!!

[sabat]

Richard C. Hoagland has been saying this for years, and to think I didn't pay attention just because he's a conspiracy theorist. He's been pounding on and on about how life here came from Mars. And now real evidence emerges that says that might actually be true -- it's living science fiction. See Hoagland's stuff at Enterprise Mission.

Holy sh#&!!