Now, samples taken from two different drill sites on an ancient lake bed have yielded complex organic molecules that look strikingly similar to the goopy fossilized building blocks of oil and gas on Earth.
The rover also discovered traces of methane…
hydrocarbons are also from geological processes.
see ‘atmospheric methane Neptune’.
So what about the complex carbon chains then?
If you read the NASA release again they only specifically mention methane – CH4. The article also admits the material could have been formed from normal geologic processes. I boil it down to NASA trying to keep our interest with “life on other planets” and “the $2.5 billion chemistry lab”. Can’t have one without the other.
what about them? see mr Rockwood’s reply.
anybody remember the microscopic organic fossils in the Arctic?
cant find a link, mebbe they been dispelled already. it was a ways back.
the claim was it could show that life on earth originated on Mars, IGNORING and displacing the entire train of thought called “well, how the fcuk did life get started on Mars? what, a metorite hit earth before that and transplanted life from here to there? then back again?
the schientishts *sometimes* skirt common sense and obvious shortcomings in their pet theories . . . . .
aka ‘hey ! I gots an idea!! lets shelf the entire quest to how life STARTED on earth by claiming it came from somewhere else already on the go !!! ya, ya, that’s it . . . . . .
There’s a theory that J.D. Rockefeller lobbied to have oil classified as a
fossil fuel, to create the illusion of scarcity. To game “supply and demand”.
The funniest story on the oil industry was about a man who lured young, unsuspecting women into the Oklahoma countryside to take part in oil exploration using a new technique he had developed. By the time the oil companies caught on he was long gone. But he did leave behind a milk bottle full of semen. 1933-34 was the year. I believe the story was written up in the inaugural edition of “Geophysics” on the last page titled “doodle-bugger”.
Settled science, again such a good oxymoron. I can see the Russian theorists are going to enjoy this. And NO that has nothing to do with the Dem party subverting the election process.
Excellent opportunity for a new pipeline investment for the Canadian government
Nah. Tzeporah Berman and Lizardbreath May would be there to protest it.
The only pipeline our Canadian government has is a list of abandoned projects.
The sooner we get a rover over to Uranus, the better.
of course they did…..the entire planet is pock marked with craters…from comets, meteors, etc ….where do they think it came from?
O. M. “Insert your deity of choice here”.
Mars is doomed. Hydrocarbons AND cow farts. Imagine how the atmosphere will be heating up over the next decades.
Looks like a good reason to send the Gore-icle immediately.
Worse yet, it appeared that it had rivers and lakes millions, if not billions, of years ago. Now there’s no flowing water, at least on the surface. Obviously, had there been a carbon tax back then, one might be able to go fishing or swimming on Mars today.
Don’t let Climate Barbie (sometimes known as the Goddess of Weather) about this.
next up, discovery of an arch on mars, and no unicorn carcass
Send some archaeologists or whoever to dig up the dinosaur bones.
Is the NASA budget being set soon? It seems that every time they are pushing for money they find life on a far distant planet. Remember the martian rock they found in Antarctica with martian life remnants on it? I never did understand how the rock fell off of Mars and landed on Earth nor how they could trace its path. But then again I am just a simple skeptic and not a rocket surgeon like the boys and girls at NASA.
Oh dear, now Peta will be protesting every new launch to Mars. I say we send Peta to Mars; one-way trip.
Of course, the presupposition behind this is is that all is as we are being led to believe.
http://www.richplanet.net/rovers.php
This is all under the assumption that things are as we are told they are:
http://www.richplanet.net/rovers.php
Keep in mind this isn’t really that revolutionary. They’ve found these precursors before, and the geological processes that can produce them are fairly well understood. But real science is boring, takes a really long time, and generally produces results that are somewhat ambiguous. Grotesquely overstating the implications of their research is an old trick for keeping the public interest (and grant money) flowing.