This is a bit old.
The Red Rain even occured back in 2001 I believe in the July August timeframe.
The area in India that this occured in was Kerala.
Godfrey Louis & A. Santhosh Kumar published thier findings in October on 2003. Here is a link to their studies:
Cometary panspermia explains the red rain of Kerala
A little background, The type of organisms that they refer to is Extremophilic Microorganism Here is some information about this type of lifeform:
Extremophiles grow in metal-rich environments that are extremely hot, acidic, alkaline or saline, and have cell wall structures that are very
different from most other microorganisms. Because cell wall structure influences metal adsorption, we hypothesise that extremophiles will remove
metals from water differently (in terms of selectivity, rate and degree) and under different conditions (e.g. pH, temperature) than other
microorganisms. However, a systematic investigation of metal adsorption by extremophiles has never been undertaken. Even for common bacteria, the
interdependent effects of growth conditions, temperature and solution composition on metal adsorption have not been adequately characterised, and
predictive models are in their infancy.
Now the problem that I see with this is that the type of lifeform that these scientist proposed as being transported by the comet require a HOT,
Acidic enviroment. A comet is not condusive to this type of environment. A comet is normaly nicknamed as a "Dirty Snowball" What I do like on the
read of their studies is the idea of Panspermia which is the theory that the seeds of life are everywhere in the universe and that these seeds are
transported by various means to the various worlds / environments so that the seeds can germinate and become life as we know it (or not)
Edite to add link to my external source
www.gns.cri.nz...
[edit on 12-1-2006 by kenshiro2012]
