Well I'm certainly looking forward to this. Although we shouldn't get our hopes up at all.

" to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life"

Could just mean something measly like they've found something on earth that can survive on random elements which boosts the chances of life in random places.

Either way I'm excited, any step forward in the cosmic search for life is great, but life elsewhere however small would be quite the find eh?

Originally posted by FermiFlux
" to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life"

Could just mean something measly like they've found something on earth that can survive on random elements which boosts the chances of life in random places.

Well, gee...thanks a lot for being right. I was pretty excited there for a moment. But as a person who does marketing for a living I certainly do recognize their clever marketing ploy. They certainly had me going. But...sigh...you're probably right.

S&F!

Even though nasa is infamous for disappointment, i can't help but be excited anyway.

I'll be watching for sure, thanks for the info!

you are dreaming if you think they will reveal anything larger or more intelligent than a microbe. the information is on a "need to know" basis and they feel we don't need to know. so If you want disclosure go out and find it yourself. cause the morons at nasa will tell you little if anything at all. I would like to know how they justify there paychecks that tax payers are ultimately paying. why is no one demanding disclosure from a position of power ie congress or some other political position? the simple answer they can't or are not allowed to ask

compartmentalization: I don't even think obama knows much he really doesn't need to know..............

NASA = Need Another Space Agency

Three days notice for this NASA press conference seems hasty. I think the last news conference gave over a week of notice, for the "exceptional object in our cosmic neighborhood" topic.

Even though we all know NASA are the masters of hype, I still can't help feeling a little excited.
Fingers crossed eh!

Maybe it will have something to do with the recent finding of an oxygen/carbon dioxide atmosphere on Saturn's moon Rhea? Maybe that's not all they found.

As for the last announcement about the black hole, I personally thought that was important news and wasn't disappointed at all. It means a lot for being able to watch the cycle of what happens with a black hole from it's beginning onward. There's still so much to be understood about black holes so I don't see how it wasn't at least a tiny bit exciting.

ALRIGHT.
this is really starting to get OLD.
im getting sick of every month nasa and you stupid people who belive them talking about this kind of stuff..
its all BS!
if aliens wanted to be known, trust me. they would be.