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Re: Where? Mars? I don't think so.

SM — 9/1/2002 12:14:21 PM (archived)

Do you see any life in this picture? I don't. No plants, no bugs, no water. Nothing. And what would subsurface organisms consume? No light penetrates, and no organic matter exists on the surface that could be mixed in. There is no surface erosion that would mix the soil. There is no wind that could carry spores. Mars' surface is bathed in ultraviolet light, the soil is poisoned with hydrogen peroxide. Just look at the picture man.

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• UH scientists say life likely lurks on Mars. - Robert Clark - 9/1/2002 7:46:49 PM
  • Re: UH. I don't think so... heh heh. - SM - 9/4/2002 4:20:16 PM
  • Re: Where? Mars? I don't think so. - SM - 9/1/2002 12:14:21 PM
    • Re: UH. I don't think so. LOL :-) - SM - 9/4/2002 4:17:01 PM
    • Re: Danger! Danger! Will Robinson! Danger! - BRFelix - 9/3/2002 8:53:53 AM
    • Just look at the picture man. - O'Neil - 9/2/2002 6:47:50 PM
      • Re: Very nearly - SM - 9/3/2002 9:54:58 AM
        • Re:What were you expecting? - O'Neil - 9/4/2002 7:39:14 PM
          • Re: Naw -- the whole planet's a hazard . . . ;^) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/4/2002 12:06:46 PM
            • Re: It's covered in nothing but dust and impact debris - SM - 9/4/2002 1:22:55 PM
              • Re: Well, according to the bookcover . . . - D. Spires - 9/4/2002 2:04:25 PM
                • Re: Referring once again to the Pathfinder image... - SM - 9/4/2002 10:50:20 AM
                  • Re: Referring once again to the fact that a macro-image of micro-life it is irrelevant . . . - D. Spires - 9/4/2002 11:03:17 AM
                    • Re: I think it diminishes the prospects rather significantly - SM - 9/4/2002 4:43:28 PM
                      • Re: Sounds like a 180 degree turn -- thank you . . . - D. Spires - 9/5/2002 12:41:11 PM
                        • Re: Your welcome. No problem really. - SM - 9/5/2002 2:01:16 PM
                          • Re: Big words . . . - D. Spires - 9/6/2002 11:54:16 AM
    • Re: Do you want a picture of the Sahara Desert . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/1/2002 1:58:33 PM
      • Re: Oh yes.... subsurface ice - SM - 9/1/2002 3:18:02 PM
        • Re: And you know nothing of microscopic life . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/2/2002 9:29:52 AM
          • Re: Probably more than most people - SM - 9/2/2002 1:46:21 PM
            • Re: Uh-huh . . . - D. Spires - 9/3/2002 2:43:30 PM
              • Re: Uh-huh . . . - SM - 9/3/2002 9:09:10 AM
                • Analysis Proved? - BRFelix - 9/4/2002 1:39:13 PM
                  • Wish they had found H2O2 - Tom Brosz - 9/4/2002 6:29:43 PM
                • Re: No it doesn't . . . - D. Spires - 9/3/2002 9:39:55 AM