wrote:
: February 17, 2005

: Jeff Findley wrote:

: http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...fe_050216.html
:
: In addition to apparent widespread fossils, spherules
: and Rio Tinto here on Earth, we also have this :
:
: http://www.geo.utexas.edu/chemhydro/...rohabitats.htm

: As the first article points out, what's been found is not a direct
: indication that there is life on Mars. As such, the name you picked
: for the
: subject of this thread is misleading at best.

: Do I indirectly detect another obsolete
: perspective on reality decaying?

: It's over, get used to it.

: Now, what about those obvious the fossil mats
: in the latest Spirit imagery?

To date not a single Martian probe has been in a cave, much less a wet
one. Perhaps, along with a sample return mission we can send a probe into
a cave? Will that at least placate you until we can get some real facts?

I like the one that is a balloon and a tether that sort of gets blown
around and gets its findings serendipitously when it lands.

Eric

: Thomas Lee Elifritz
: http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net