White House Briefed On "Potential For Life" On Mars

Veeoh writes "FTA: It would appear that the US President has been briefed by Phoenix scientists about the discovery of something more 'provocative' than the discovery of water existing on the Martian surface. This news comes just as the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) confirmed experimental evidence for the existence of water in the Mars regolith on Thursday."

Comments

Big and black

[florin]

It's always provocative when you hear they spotted a big black monolith in the regolith.

His first response was probably to ask if this meant Jenna was pregnant.

Re:Big and black

[VennData]

Naw, Bush'll say that look, now that we've discovered life, we can stop funding this wasteful gov't boondoggle and give the money back to the people.

woo

[nomadic]

How fortunate that a potentially major scientific discovery happens on President Bush's watch. His keen intellect, intense curiousity of the natural world, and scientific rationality has been such a boon to our country and indeed our world.

Re:woo

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, Bush'll never have a plan to get back to Earth!

Re:woo

[DeadDecoy]

Well we can't pull out of Mars just yet you see. It's a quagmire out there and if we leave, the aliens will win. We need a troop surge so we can secure our way of life and liberate the shit out of them.

Re:woo

[noidentity]

How fortunate that a potentially major scientific discovery happens on President Bush's watch. His keen intellect, intense curiousity of the natural world, and scientific rationality has been such a boon to our country and indeed our world.

I know you're joking, but Bush did find an error in some Fermilab calculations a while back. Don't underestimate him.

Already?

[koma77]

Wow, are they already out of funds? That was fast.

Sheesh

[Davemania]

For a moment I though NASA discovered intelligent lifeforms in the white house.

Potential life?

[NetSettler]

Finally an iron-clad reason to keep the Republicans from aborting Mars missions...

At least until we find actual life, when I guess they'll stop caring and start suggesting that such life invest in its own individual retirement plan.

Re:are the muslim?

[neongrau]

NASA Scientist: Mr. President we have confirmed there is water in the martian soil!

Bush: What? The Martians have oil? Can we still extract the water to produce gasoiline?

Meanwhile...

[owlnation]

...The President of Mars was briefed about the improbability of Intelligent Life governing the Earth.

Re:Colour me confused

[Random BedHead Ed]

Heed my word, my brothers, for I have RTFA!

Mod parent down! Parent read the linked article and has an informed opinion. Alert! Alert!

That's Easy

[Mateorabi]

They got some grainy camera shots of Decepticons right before they lost the signal.

Missed opportunity

[MadFarmAnimalz]

This news comes just as the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA)

If they'd just spent a little more time thinking it through, they could probably have come up with something more appropriate like Field Aerosol Recognition Thermal Sensing Nonionic Interference Failtested Frankly Erotic Robot. The resulting acronym would, I am sure, have been more memorable.

Re:Colour me confused

[ortholattice]

So what can be the big story they want to tell the President first?

They found an image of Jesus in one of the soil samples.

Re:2008 just called...

[ColdWetDog]

And it's damn odd that scientific results have to be 'discussed' with him before they're released.

Not at all. They're being kind and considerate. They know it's going to take him a lot longer to figure out than most people. It is really embarrassing when the "leader" of the "free world" doesn't get it.

Re:2008 just called...

[pitchpipe]

2008 just called...[...]and all some people can do is keep hating the past.

2048 just called, and they want their time machine back. Also, I just hung up the phone with 1987 and they want their fucking stupid joke back.