Just out of CURIOSITY..what DO YOU THINK the BIG MARS DISCOVERY is?

Worse would be a bunch of sentient bacteria that are pissed we found them.

I think it's a given that life is abundant throughout the universe. So with that, it's totally possible, even probable that there would also be predatory lifeforms like those you described.

My point was that while most of us here wouldn't be surprised at the idea of otherworldly life, even a finding of microbial life would seriously mess with a lot of others.

How about those who think the Earth is like 2,000(or however many) years old and that dinosaur bones were planted by god as a test of faith? They'd have a conniption if life was found elsewhere. It's super-ignorant, but so are a lot of people (unfortunately).

Looking at it like that, such an announcement would be "earth-shattering" on some scale.

Either OXYGEN or CARBON DIOXIDE.

Have we heard any new news on this yet..
Im starting to think NASA is dropping the ball on this.

I'm thinking methane is present.

The anaerobic bacteria is an interesting guess, but the most exciting guess I've read is non-DNA based life forms. That would be awesome.

Catch 22. Boring wee microbes or big nasty Transformers?

I think if NASA get hysterically excited and start talking about microbes being discovered, the sheeple will turn off. Not interesting enough for them, despite intelligent people understanding the ramifications for earth.

But...

If NASA come out with, yeah, we found intelligent alien life, and they are communicating with us, too many sheeple will turn conspiracy theorists and question it...and we know how crazy dem conspiracy theorists are!

People don't believe we went to the moon...there will be a similar number questioning whether or not the Rover was actually there.

But if it's all a big slow boiler lie that will reach the crescendo in 20 years when I'm an old man, I'll still question all I see, hear and experience.

They said it would take weeks to know the results and then the information will be released.

Last Edited by Person445 on 11/27/2012 04:35 PM

It is to far away to have a nice summer ?

Eh not enough water with neptune and uranus found ?

Kinda like dog years, I'm not convinced that God years = 1 regular year.

A ten-thousand-year-old McRib Sandwich, as fresh as the day it was first produced?

So as i hear it they found life,,!! is this right.
Or are they saying yea! maybe,well We don't know..

What was it.

Well what did they find...

They probably won't say.
That would lead to the idea that Venus, and Io (Jupitor moon) have life.
That would expand to general acceptance by the populace.
Further people would soon realize, the Startrek non-interference is possibly Cosmic law.
And then they would call out and ask ...

No . Too risky they thinks.

Hypothesis only. Or really a thought, that pokes.

This picture is interesting.

I saved it, opened it in photoshop, selected burn tool, midtones, 100%, and went on brushing the top portion, which's light. Some color blocks emerge in the central area, cant say what...

[link to photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov]

Rat Turds.

Just saw on another site...omg...this is a wooden plank. what more proof that intelligence is there?

[link to marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov]