"Hobbs aka McDaniel" wrote in message
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"Dolores Claman" wrote in message
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Thats complete rubbish, the microscopic analyzer is perfectly capable
of seeing a fossil.


You're wrong. The scope on the rovers is for geologic survey and not
a true microscope. It can only resolve things as small as .03 mm.

So what? If there were an equivalent to fossilized coral there -
it would certainly show up and it would most certainly
recognized as life.
It could be completely macroscopic and identifiable.

The suspected bacteria fossils found in a Mars rock and similar
found in native earth rocks in Washington State are only
.01 to .02 mm in size. So tell me how you would see them with the
imager on the rover? Keep in mind that you only get one pixel of
image data per .03 mm.

The point being that having suspected bacteria fossils in one
rock does not preclude the existence of macroscopic fossils
in the next rock over.

One thing I do know.. even if you set a Mars rover to work in
your backyard, the chances of you finding an obvious fossil in a
rock within 90 days are next to zero unless you happen to live
in a fossil rich area.

Mars is not your backyard and we cannot yet rule the possibility
of fossil rich areas on Mars.