Originally posted by tezzajw
Meh... big friggin' deal. Microbes on Mars, yawn...

When are they going to tell us about the real ETs which are dropping by on a daily basis?

The mass public will lap this up, while some of us roll our eyes in disgust at the contempt that NASA shows for our intelligence.

One, slow, step at a time..

I thought the methane was discovered LONG ago... At least it isnt news to me. They didnt know where the methane came from back then and they dont seem to know now either

[edit on 15-1-2009 by merka]

For now, I'm taking it with a grain of salt since the only source of this claim seems to be The Sun.

However, if this is confirmed, it would be quite remarkable.

Sure, a lot of you are saying "Microbial life? Big deal". But if life can exist on two planets in one solar system(not to mention life could also exist on the moons of Saturn, Jupiter, etc.), it gives a major boost for the odds of intelligent life in the galaxy. The odds are already staggering, but this kind of discovery would make it pretty much doubtless.

BBC Radio 4 News has also just said a press release is imminent about methane on Mars. It's been accepted fact (methane is present in places across the Solar System) for some years so I'm guessing that something more interesting has been confirmed. Contrary to some posters, I'll be excited to hear about life on Mars. It'll go down as one of those significant dates that will be taught in schools in the future.

I can picture some upcoming ATS thread, 'Martian microbe to cause End Times in 2012 all planned by NWO Illuminati'

'Sumerians predicted life on Mars to be the seed of Nephilim. Niburu cometh!!'



edited for clarity.

[edit on 15-1-2009 by Kandinsky]

Drip...drip....drip...UGHHH that leaky faucet!! Cant NASA and its 17 billion dollar a year budget fix that drip so it will be a nice smooth steady flow?!!



Cheers!!!!

Originally posted by alienesque

i cant honestly see why this is so important...anyone who thinks about this subject seriously for 2 minutes will say there has to be life all throughout the universe..

Much to many people's dismay on ATS, saying something is not the same as knowing something.

Originally posted by Novastar824
Probably what I think will happen is that they'll report on the increased possibility of life given the new data, not the certainty of it which the sun is implying. Still though this will be a moderate to major news story.

If this is true, I will be very disappointed. They have one of these stories on space news related sites every week.

"Life on Mars Likely"

"Mars life probable"

They can re-word it one thousand times, but it's still the same story. I would suggest they hold off with the Mars story until they come up with something concrete. This is comparable to tedious foreplay.

needless to say, only time will tell