RayChuang
02-17-2005, 08:23 AM
Brian Berger
SPACE.com
February 16, 2005
Read the full article here (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html)
Washington--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.
What Stoker and Lemke have found, according to several attendees of the private meeting, is not direct proof of life on Mars, but methane signatures and other signs of possible biological activity remarkably similar to those recently discovered in caves here on Earth.
If they confirm this hypothesis, it could be one of the biggest discoveries in the history of science. It could provide the emphasis for more missions to Mars, possibly a manned mission there in the next 15-20 years. :thumb:
SPACE.com
February 16, 2005
Read the full article here (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_life_050216.html)
Washington--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.
What Stoker and Lemke have found, according to several attendees of the private meeting, is not direct proof of life on Mars, but methane signatures and other signs of possible biological activity remarkably similar to those recently discovered in caves here on Earth.
If they confirm this hypothesis, it could be one of the biggest discoveries in the history of science. It could provide the emphasis for more missions to Mars, possibly a manned mission there in the next 15-20 years. :thumb: