. . . but thanks for the response. It adds just a little more to how people ‘interpret things differently,’ not to be confused with the term ‘misinterpret,’ which is what happens with hyped stories. They are designed to mislead.

If I touted "Space Tourism as the thrill of a life time" wouldn't that be just as evil? Even if people excepted it as fact and started purchasing tickets in droves.

I don't know. Is it? Personally, I would consider it a thrill to be part of a high altitude, micro-G flight. Actually going to Mars would be even better. Yes. This I would consider a "thrill of a life time" event, a mission that would take literally years to complete.

There is another spin to this as well the suggestion that life could be brought to Mars to thrive.

That's what I said here.

None of what you typed, however, had anything to do with how finding microbes in an Antarctic desert increases the odds for life existing on Mars.

Dan