Fred Sherman
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Of course there's life in our solar system. Earth. Seriously, though, where and when? I'm only aware of the possibility of life on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. I haven't seen, read, heard of anything stating that it is actually proven.We've found evidence of life in our own solar system. That isn't in dispute.
There might be life... But not much of it is intelligent .Of course there's life in our solar system. Earth. Seriously, though, where and when? I'm only aware of the possibility of life on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. I haven't seen, read, heard of anything stating that it is actually proven.
Of course there's life in our solar system. Earth. Seriously, though, where and when? I'm only aware of the possibility of life on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. I haven't seen, read, heard of anything stating that it is actually proven.
Exactly. If it's actually been proven, I've be very interested in knowing the details.I was going to say, I don't ever recall reading life other than earth was proven. Titan maybe and one of Jupiter moon Europa which hopefully one day nasa will fly a mission to. Possibly mars with the orbitor detecting vast amounts of methane which begs the question how is that originating, geologically or biologically (life)?
In 1976, Viking found organic compounds that confirmed life either does or at least has existed on Mars. I can't find the original article, which was a much more scholarly treatment on the subject by the probe team lead, but I did find this:Of course there's life in our solar system. Earth. Seriously, though, where and when? I'm only aware of the possibility of life on Titan, one of Saturn's moons. I haven't seen, read, heard of anything stating that it is actually proven.
I was going to say, I don't ever recall reading life other than earth was proven. Titan maybe and one of Jupiter moon Europa which hopefully one day nasa will fly a mission to. Possibly mars with the orbitor detecting vast amounts of methane which begs the question how is that originating, geologically or biologically (life)?
this was interesting & related too http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/astrobiology_toxic_chemical.htmlI don't think conclusive proof has been found. The best we have so far is that there might have been life here, or there, at one point or another, or that it would at least have been possible for life to have existed.
Recently, one of those science channels (Nat Geo or Discovery) showed life was discovered on earth in some of the most unlikely places, where nobody imagined it would be possible. One of the examples was a hot spring in Yellowstone park, where microscopic life was found in the highly sulfuric waters. Scientists until then assumed that it was impossible, and as such now have a whole new batch of solar bodies with similar conditions to consider as possibly containing life.
There's so many planets out there, that I am convinced we are not alone. And somehow, I would like to believe there is life out there, some of which perhaps more developed than us. And I do hope they will visit us, as mankind is in dire need of a wake-up call. If we're the pinnacle of what intelligent life is supposed to be, it's a pretty sad state of affairs.
In 1976, Viking found organic compounds that confirmed life either does or at least has existed on Mars. I can't find the original article, which was a much more scholarly treatment on the subject by the probe team lead, but I did find this:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061023-mars-life.html
We've also found evidence of fossilized life in martian meteors.
Just recently, NASA has confirmed that the ice that makes up the Hartley 2 comet matches the chemical signature of water on Earth, the first time this has ever been found in a comet.
+1, We need to be able to explore and advance in terms of the universe. How do we hope to advance as a species when our scope of understanding has now been permanently(or at least for this presidential and congressional term) capped?is it sad i know that already? Good news imo, I personally feel NASA need a bigger budget to create more missions. such a shame politics get in the way of that.
No, the labeled release experiment on both Viking probes tested positive for microbial metabolism. Thats two separate probes, to different locations, and two conditions (one under sunlight, one in darkness). The results were dismissed as an error because the Mass Spec results came back negative, even though heating the samples to produce gases for the Gas Chromatograph would have destroyed any organic compounds.Wasn't the readings in the viking mission false? I'm quite sure it was.
Now you have me thinking about this differently.is it sad i know that already? Good news imo, I personally feel NASA need a bigger budget to create more missions. such a shame politics get in the way of that.
So, in other words...................never!I don't think we should even consider it, till we as a species, have fixed our problems at home, first.
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