2.16.2009

Alien Life on Mars

No, the title's not a mistake. But it's not what you're probably thinking...
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According to last week's issue of Science (Feb 6, 2009), WE may have introduced earthling-microbes to the Mars biosphere (provided there exists such a thing) by not sterilizing the lander that crashed near Mars's south pole in 1999. Unless you're an AAAS member, you can't access the actual Science article (which is an argument for stricter protocol for potential encounters with other ecosystems), so I will send you to an article with similar content: go here.

I talked to my brother (Daniel) about it today and he cracked me up when he said, "Yep. I figured it'd be us to do it first." I LOVE talking to my brothers! Glad you called, Daniel! Hope you're reading this!


Mars from the Hubble telescope

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Look, Brie! I'm reading!

Unknown said...

Oooooh...It knows my name... You ever think that Google might gain consciousness? Shoot. It probably just Googled that...