Re: Uh-huh . . .

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Re: Uh-huh . . .

D. Spires — 9/3/2002 2:43:30 PM (archived)

We're still finding new microbes on earth, S_M, some of them requiring electron microscope just to find their trails. The primary subjects are too small to be seen and properly studied. Micro-wildlife at the extreme temps of the Arctic and Antarctic have barely been scratched, let alone studied in detail, and most, if not all, of these little critters were either trapped in their frozen habitats when the caps froze, or they evolved on there own. High mortality rates imply there were better conditions for them at one time.

Mars, on the other hand, is a completely different kettle of microbes, and the global environment says one of three things about what will be found of Martian life:

* never happened
* dead
* incredibly hardy

We'll have to see,
Dan

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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

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