"Viking Experiment May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks on Mars After All."

Viking Experiment May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks on Mars After
All.
by Nancy Atkinson
Sep 3rd, 2010
http://www.universetoday.com/72811/v...ars-after-all/

Gil Levin discusses the changing view of some scientists that Viking
might have found life on Mars in this video he

Gilbert V Levin Commentary On The Book Mars The Living Planet.
http://wn.com/Gilbert_V_Levin_commen...I VING_PLANET

Mars: The Living Planet. [Hardcover]
Barry Digregorio (Author)
http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Living-Pl.../dp/1883319587

Levin discusses his position that Viking did discover life on Mars and
the more recent evidence supporting his position in this paper:

Modern Myths Concerning Life on Mars.
by
Gilbert V. Levin
BioSpherix Division, Spherix Incorporated, Annapolis, MD 21401, US
Electroneurobiología 2006; 14 (5), pp. 3-25
http://electroneubio.secyt.gov.ar/Gi...ern_Myths..htm


Bob Clark

On Sep 9, 10:46*am, Robert Clark wrote:
Viking Experiment May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks on Mars After
All.
by Nancy Atkinson
Sep 3rd, 2010http://www.universetoday.com/72811/viking-experiment-may-have-found-l...

Gil Levin discusses the changing view of some scientists that Viking
might have found life on Mars in this video he

Gilbert V Levin Commentary On The Book Mars The Living Planet.http://wn.com/Gilbert_V_Levin_commen..._THE_LI VING_...

Mars: The Living Planet. [Hardcover]
Barry Digregorio (Author)http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Living-Pl.../dp/1883319587

Levin discusses his position that Viking did discover life on Mars and
the more recent evidence supporting his position in this paper:

I was waiting for those Viking results to come back again.

On Sep 9, 10:46*am, Robert Clark wrote:
Viking Experiment May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks on Mars After
All.
by Nancy Atkinson
Sep 3rd, 2010http://www.universetoday.com/72811/viking-experiment-may-have-found-l...

Gil Levin discusses the changing view of some scientists that Viking
might have found life on Mars in this video he

Gilbert V Levin Commentary On The Book Mars The Living Planet.http://wn.com/Gilbert_V_Levin_commen..._THE_LI VING_...

Mars: The Living Planet. [Hardcover]
Barry Digregorio (Author)http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Living-Pl.../dp/1883319587

Levin discusses his position that Viking did discover life on Mars and
the more recent evidence supporting his position in this paper:

Modern Myths Concerning Life on Mars.
by
Gilbert V. Levin
BioSpherix Division, Spherix Incorporated, Annapolis, MD 21401, US
Electroneurobiología 2006; 14 (5), pp. 3-25http://electroneubio.secyt.gov.ar/Gilbert_V_Levin_Life_on_Mars_Modern...

* *Bob Clark

There is also the detection of seasonal production of methane on
Mars. An interesting fact that I haven't seen discussed about the Mars
methane is that even the proposed non-biological sources for it would
suggest that *liquid* water exists near the surface of Mars. A nice
summary of the methane results and the proposed explanations is he

Atmosphere of Mars.
3.4 Methane.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Mars#Methane

The non-biological processes include volcanic processes, including
geothermal, and geochemical processes. The volcanic processes with the
abundance now apparent of subsurface ice on Mars suggest liquid water
would exist near surface. And the suggested geochemical processes all
require *liquid* water to work.
Gil Levin has collected articles on the Mars life question, including
discussion of the Mars methane, he

RESEARCH ON MARS – Papers by Gilbert V. Levin, Ph.D.
http://www.gillevin.com/mars.htm

Bob Clark

This is a very interesting posibility. But IMO even with a firmly positive LR experiment and confirmed organics doesn't mean that Viking landers indeed found life.

Confirmation of life on Mars will be a long adventure. We still have to confirm metabolism for sure. We still have to confirm macromolecules - like DNA and peptides.

Originally Posted by Robert Clark

On Sep 9, 10:46*am, Robert Clark wrote:
Viking Experiment May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks on Mars After
All.
by Nancy Atkinson
Sep 3rd, 2010http://www.universetoday.com/72811/viking-experiment-may-have-found-l...

Gil Levin discusses the changing view of some scientists that Viking
might have found life on Mars in this video he

Gilbert V Levin Commentary On The Book Mars The Living Planet.http://wn.com/Gilbert_V_Levin_commen..._THE_LI VING_...

Mars: The Living Planet. [Hardcover]
Barry Digregorio (Author)http://www.amazon.com/Mars-Living-Pl.../dp/1883319587

Levin discusses his position that Viking did discover life on Mars and
the more recent evidence supporting his position in this paper:

Modern Myths Concerning Life on Mars.
by
Gilbert V. Levin
BioSpherix Division, Spherix Incorporated, Annapolis, MD 21401, US
Electroneurobiología 2006; 14 (5), pp. 3-25http://electroneubio.secyt.gov.ar/Gilbert_V_Levin_Life_on_Mars_Modern...

* *Bob Clark

There is also the detection of seasonal production of methane on
Mars. An interesting fact that I haven't seen discussed about the Mars
methane is that even the proposed non-biological sources for it would
suggest that *liquid* water exists near the surface of Mars. A nice
summary of the methane results and the proposed explanations is he

Atmosphere of Mars.
3.4 Methane.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Mars#Methane

The non-biological processes include volcanic processes, including
geothermal, and geochemical processes. The volcanic processes with the
abundance now apparent of subsurface ice on Mars suggest liquid water
would exist near surface. And the suggested geochemical processes all
require *liquid* water to work.
Gil Levin has collected articles on the Mars life question, including
discussion of the Mars methane, he

RESEARCH ON MARS – Papers by Gilbert V. Levin, Ph.D.
http://www.gillevin.com/mars.htm

Bob Clark