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Martian Microbe Fossils, Not So Debunked Anymore

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-raining-little-green-men dept.

rubycodez writes "Three meteorites, including one that has been in a British museum for over a century, are going to be put under the electron microscope and ion microprobe by NASA. We're 'very, very close to proving there is or has been life [on Mars],' said David McKay, chief of astrobiology at Johnson Space Center."

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  1. Re:My psychic prediction by tristanreid · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why was this given insightful? It's just a two-part snarky comment by an AC.

    The first part of the comment is just an ad hominem argument, with nothing specific to back it up. In regards to the second part, I agree that Drake's equation is oversimplified, but unless you have specific things to say about it, there's no better estimate out there.

    -t.