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Mars Rock Supports Cross-Seeding Theory

Posted by michael on from the rock-paper-scissors-life dept.

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.'"

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  1. Pretty lucky bounce by bstone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Add +5 Karma points to the Mars rovers

  2. Re:Which was first? by clovis · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  3. Bounce may be the first recorded evidence... by gentlewizard · · Score: 4, Funny
    ... 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."
  4. Cross seeding by dj245 · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.

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  5. Well, THAT explains why... by SnappingTurtle · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    1. Re:Well, THAT explains why... by Gleapsite · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  6. now NASA has admitted that... by me98411 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  7. Re:What comes around goes around... by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 5, Funny
    '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 ?!

  8. You mean... by chendo · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  9. Nostalgia by Decameron81 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interplanetary pong!

    Diego

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