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Martian Methane May Be Created By Lifeforms
Following our recent discussions about the growing evidence pointing to possible life on Mars, reader skywatcher2501 writes with news of a study that has ruled out one possible explanation for the levels of methane seen on that planet — that it might be replenished by disintegrating meteors entering the atmosphere. So two theories remain: either the gas is created as a by-product of reactions between volcanic rock and water, or it is a by-product of a lifeform's metabolism.
You can go to Mars, but don't drink the water, because water always wins.....
I wonder if you breathed in Martian Methane if you would become a fart monster who wanted to invade Titan or something.......
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
The Methane is being caused by the Bugalo who eat martian sagebrush and fart methane. I say we go there and start ranching them, maybe buy the whole planet using a giant diamond as payment or something. Of course China will beat us to the punch and we will have gone the Wong way.....
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
This is like the fifth post on this article that has done the thing where a sentence starts in the title and finishes in the comment. Does anyone else think that's odd?
When you're afraid to download music illegally in your own home, then the terrorists have won!
Life on Earth, bah, that is just wishful thinking......
Real life can only be sustained in a tenious atmosphere filled with CO2 and plenty of ultraviolet light to supply energy.....
Tsukasa: All I really want, is to be left alone...
"A person is smart. People are dumb panicky dangerous animals and you know it" to quote MiB, and sadly it is true, just look at what happened around the original War of the Worlds broadcast. You are also assuming you know WHAT they are hiding, which may or may not be a thousand times worse than you imagine.
Can you even picture the total carnage in the streets is they announced " To the peoples of the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths: Do you remember all those stories in the old books about "angels"? Yeah...get your butt out here Freddizzk.../drags out little alien guy/ This is Freddizzk, or Fred as we call him. Now tell them you are sorry for using your technology to fuck with their religions for a frat prank."
Considering how many religions have stories of "lights in the sky" "angels interacting with the peasants" etc, along with what we have learned from observing Cargo Cults I'm sure if the government found out aliens had been here in the past they would keep their mouths shut for fear of starting religious riots or worse. Anything smarter than bacteria is just not something John Q Public is ready to face ATM.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.
Wouldn't carbon-14 measurement of the methane tell us whether there is live involved or not?