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Biological Activity on Mars

Posted by Zonk on from the evil-green-things-from-outer-space dept.

visination.com writes "Recent ground based observations of Mars have confirmed the presence of water and methane. The 300 year life time of methane on Mars is short, giving scientists reason to beleive that Mars may be biologically active." From the article: "Every one of these longitudes shows a very substantial enhancement in the equatorial zone...So this is a very intense source of methane on Mars in this region. It also requires a very rapid decay of methane...more rapid than photochemistry would allow..."

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  1. Re:Late-breaking news: by Mahou · · Score: 0, Troll

    man i hated that story, i thought it was such crap, not the concept of bacteria killing invaders, though; just everything else was crap. but the movie actually looks like it has a chance at being good

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  2. Re:Late-breaking news: by Canuck_TV · · Score: 1, Troll

    s/K'breel/G. W. Bush Sorry, too easy...

  3. Re:ESA probe by zippthorne · · Score: 0, Troll

    oh yeah? well how many people has the ESA put on the moon and successfully brought back? Trust ESA to be overly cautious in the face of exciting possibilities.

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  4. Re:Terraforming by myowntrueself · · Score: 0, Troll

    "What about all the bacteria that their immune systems kill?"

    Well they probably refuse to take antibiotics for one thing.

    "The follicle mites they drown when they shower?"

    The vegans I've known? I don't think they do shower...

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