ethics
02-17-2005, 10:24 AM
A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by pockets of water.
The scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, told the group that they have submitted their findings to the journal Nature for publication in May, and their paper currently is being peer reviewed.
As many of you know, life exists in even the most extreme environments, I guess with the same logic the two scientists aforementioned are factoring that <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html">in along with some finds.</a>
I genuinely believe there MIGHT be life, but it would be microscopic.
Nevertheless, we MUST be careful about not contaminating anything we extract from the red planet. There are no immunities to anything that might infect us from there.
The scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, told the group that they have submitted their findings to the journal Nature for publication in May, and their paper currently is being peer reviewed.
As many of you know, life exists in even the most extreme environments, I guess with the same logic the two scientists aforementioned are factoring that <a href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html">in along with some finds.</a>
I genuinely believe there MIGHT be life, but it would be microscopic.
Nevertheless, we MUST be careful about not contaminating anything we extract from the red planet. There are no immunities to anything that might infect us from there.