You impress no one with someone else's CV! No matter how long it is.............................

Barry, in your first post in this thread. You were in fact suggesting Nick had lied about talking with Carr. Either you're clueless as to how science is done or just trying to create some sort of pointless friction.

You seem just another person with an ax to grind. You don't give a rats ass for science except were it aids you in your pointless quest... If you fear Nick's "White Mars" because you believe it would preclude life from being on Mars. This is a false assumption. Nick's theories do not preclude H2O ice or even liquid H2O (where physics will allow it). There are just fewer place to find life on Mars if you accept his theories. So your need to stop samples being returned from Mars without "adequate" precautions is still of valid...sort of...

BTW, If it came to having someone banned I'm betting it wouldn't be Alex who would go. He usually has good manners, is informative and is a good scientist.

--Chris Vancil