At the moment? Doubtful. Previous evidence from earlier epochs? Possible in microbial form perhaps.
There's ongoing debate whether there's a sub-surface lake on Mars but if it is liquid water, it would have to be incredibly salty for it to exist at all in the circumstances and although halophilic microorganisms exist (ones that can withstand salty conditions), the levels of salt in potential Martian lakes is likely much higher than any microbially colonised saltwater on Earth. |
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"At the moment? Doubtful. Previous evidence from earlier epochs? Possible in microbial form perhaps.
There's ongoing debate whether there's a sub-surface lake on Mars but if it is liquid water, it would have to be incredibly salty for it to exist at all in the circumstances and although halophilic microorganisms exist (ones that can withstand salty conditions), the levels of salt in potential Martian lakes is likely much higher than any microbially colonised saltwater on Earth."
Now that's an answer |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"This is why birds and CID don't mix. You give a bloke a gun, it's a dream come true. You give a girl one, she moans it doesn't go with her dress."
He mifght say something like this nowadays
"What's this Women's Day thing, is it like Motherin Bleedin' Sunday?"
"You're not Woke: you're broke. A dirty, lazy, good for nothing dope riddled, scummy, jobless, work-shy hippy. I'd lock you up in the kennels, but I'm an animal lover."
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"At the moment? Doubtful. Previous evidence from earlier epochs? Possible in microbial form perhaps.
There's ongoing debate whether there's a sub-surface lake on Mars but if it is liquid water, it would have to be incredibly salty for it to exist at all in the circumstances and although halophilic microorganisms exist (ones that can withstand salty conditions), the levels of salt in potential Martian lakes is likely much higher than any microbially colonised saltwater on Earth.Now that's an answer"
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"At the moment? Doubtful. Previous evidence from earlier epochs? Possible in microbial form perhaps.
There's ongoing debate whether there's a sub-surface lake on Mars but if it is liquid water, it would have to be incredibly salty for it to exist at all in the circumstances and although halophilic microorganisms exist (ones that can withstand salty conditions), the levels of salt in potential Martian lakes is likely much higher than any microbially colonised saltwater on Earth."
But isn't this based on Earth science that we know so far?
Mars science could be entirely different.  |
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"At the moment? Doubtful. Previous evidence from earlier epochs? Possible in microbial form perhaps.
There's ongoing debate whether there's a sub-surface lake on Mars but if it is liquid water, it would have to be incredibly salty for it to exist at all in the circumstances and although halophilic microorganisms exist (ones that can withstand salty conditions), the levels of salt in potential Martian lakes is likely much higher than any microbially colonised saltwater on Earth.
But isn't this based on Earth science that we know so far?
Mars science could be entirely different. "
True. Using that logic, if we're looking for a form of life that's so radically different to Earth, how would we identify it? We have no mechanism for detecting life that isn't something at least a tiny bit like Earth life. I'm pretty confident no bizarre aliens are going to stroll across the Martian plain and say "greetings, Earthling" |
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Highly unlikely even in the past, it takes a rare set of circumstances for a bunch of chemicals to make spontaneous life people seem to find that difficult to grasp but all the evidence is there. No one can make it in a laboratory here despite all our knowledge so don't expect it |
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"No life there, may have been life before but destroyed.
yes there is life out there but not on this planet, wrong planet to try to get humans settled on. "
Nope no life out there, prove me wrong. So many people believe that but really it's highly unlikely |
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"Fire up the Quattro!....  ....oh, wait, wrong thread.
Yep, it’s a brown Ford Cortina you’re after for this one  "
A Cortina? could I have something with a Boxer engine instead please ideally not in brown |
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What puzzles me is why anyone would want to go there, when an exceptionally complex robot can do this task perfectly adequately; Mars has been irradiated for billions of years, so the chances of anything surviving, whether bacterium, virus, or otherwise is infinitesimally small.
Let the robots do their jobs, but let's solve some of the more pressing problems on Earth: climate change, overpopulation, pollution, soil degradation, water depletion, etc.
We are completely alone in this part of the cosmos and will never be in contact with any form of life; the distances are simply too vast. The laws of physics define our limitations.
Have a look at Drake's Equation. Life (in some form) exists elsewhere in the universe but we will never know about it.
SETI project has produced absolutely nothing; SETI is the acronym for Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence; a massive long-running US funded project, that I understand is being wound down. |
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Now China are there, I wonder if all these invaders have rover insurance in case they crash into each other.
If your lander lands is that part of Mars yours, land claim rights.
Are there any estate agents on Mars?
Are the indigenous people happy with all these Earthlings landing space junk on their land?
Are the invaders going to bring back to earth shit viruses like they did with moon samples? |
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"Now China are there, I wonder if all these invaders have rover insurance in case they crash into each other.
If your lander lands is that part of Mars yours, land claim rights.
Are there any estate agents on Mars?
Are the indigenous people happy with all these Earthlings landing space junk on their land?
Are the invaders going to bring back to earth shit viruses like they did with moon samples?"
I'd love to see Robot Wars, the Martian edition |
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I have booked two weeks holidays in Mars , is in the green list of the places we are allowed to travel i mean if is not in the list should definitely be by now because there's no positive conv19 cases official reported since the pandemic started
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There are theories that Mars once was like earth, whether that was at our level or a more advanced civilisation. If there is anything there it’s at the amoeba level. Then there’s the conspiracy theories that astronauts in 1969 met aliens on the moon. Depends what you believe. |
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Let the robots do their jobs, but let's solve some of the more pressing problems on Earth: climate change, overpopulation, pollution, soil degradation, water depletion, etc.
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I think many within the scientific community see space exploration as a solution to these problems.
Personally I believe man's future is in the Cosmos, and that the increased interest from private companies in what can be done in Space is evidence of this.
With current technology we are extremely limited in what we can achieve but that will change but it's going to take generations. |
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