Possibility of Life On Mars Looking More Remote

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 15, 2008 @01:27PM from the it-is-kind-of-a-long-way-off dept.

Riding with Robots writes "The never-say-die robotic geologist Opportunity continues its extended explorations in Victoria Crater on Mars. The latest findings from the mission suggest that while plenty of water did exist in this location, it was so salty that life would have a very hard time gaining a foothold. 'Not all water is fit to drink,' said Andrew Knoll, a member of the rover science team. 'At first, we focused on acidity, because the environment would have been very acidic. Now, we also appreciate the high salinity of the water when it left behind the minerals Opportunity found. This tightens the noose on the possibility of life.'"

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Re:How is this news?? by CannonballHead · 2008-02-15 18:09 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I'm almost certain this is going to be a flamebait post now, but that's ok - can I quote Carl Sagan, then, in arguing against the atheistic argument about the non-existence of god? (interestingly, Sagan had a very strange view of what he apparently thought believers in God thought that He is.... very, very strange ideas, in fact)