Life on mars.

[Mr Jake]

[Kaio]

Dr. Manhattan anyone?

[Darth Mandarb]

I have no doubt that micro-organisms have/do exist on Mars and that intelligent life is possible elsewhere. But intelligent life landing on Mars and carving a big rock that looks like a face from one of Le Woltaire's games - hardly likely!

I'm not so sure about this ... I mean, scientists have said frequently that if mankind (or all life) were to vanish from the planet (or go extinct) that in millions of years quite possibly the ONLY thing left that showed we were ever here would be the pyramids.  So who knows?  Maybe Mars had some kind of life in the past that could have carved a face into a mountain (mt. rushmore).  Even billions of years on it could possibly still be there if it were not in a tectonically unstable area.  Mars' core is dead/solid so there are no active plate tectonics to make mountains rise and fall.

Now, having said that, do I think that's a face on Mars?  No.  I do not.  But I am open minded to the possibilities!!  

[Misj']

Martian anatomy has been well studied for years...



Ps. Already three years old, but puts David McKay's ideas and claims into some perspective: After 10 years, few believe life on Mars.

[Domino]

There is life on Mars...That is where these Dudes came from.



Though not very friendly at all.

[monkey0506]

Thank you for yet again bringing Tim Burton into this Dom. I'm beginning to have a lot more respect for you!

(notentirelysrs)

[m0ds]

Look, whatever. You have a computer screen, you don't care - that's fine. Go out FFS and look at the sky and please see some of this shit for yourself so I don't have to be the only one who's seen something. If you believe Earth is alone and we are a miracle that can't be or is hard to replicate elsewhere - you are a very, very shallow spirit. When you die you'll probably be overcome with evil and end up in your own pre-destined hell. Fine. Still - at least you won't be releasing controversial shit like Cosmos Quest 3.

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[Dualnames]

Look, whatever. You have a computer screen, you don't care - that's fine. Go out FFS and look at the sky and please see some of this shit for yourself so I don't have to be the only one who's seen something. If you believe Earth is alone and we are a miracle that can't be or is hard to replicate elsewhere - you are a very, very shallow spirit. When you die you'll probably be overcome with evil and end up in your own pre-destined hell. Fine. Still - at least you won't be releasing controversial shit like Cosmos Quest 3.

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And here comes the dreamer. The man who believes we'll manage to meet aliens. Or the other way around.

Ever wondered why no shuttle has gone beyond Mars?

Because they'll DIE due to conditions!

We're not alone on this universe, but chances that on an infinite amount of space two civilizations make contact are 0! Or 2 to the power of infinity-1.

We've yet to make Shoes that tie themselves!

But yes if there is life on mars we're saved. :DNot to mention we've managed to outworse the conditions for ourselves in this planet, more in the last 20 years than the rest 3000. Imagine if we had the technology to do it!

Give me one answer, why do we still have guns? If all we care is peace?

We want to meet alien lifeforms so we can try killing them too, because we're bored killing ourselves!

EDIT: Life does exist of course in other planets. Humanlike forms are rare. (Just a note)

[Khris]

If there actually is (or has been) live on Mars, that'd be seriously amazing!
Of course there will be conspiracy nuts who'll accuse NASA of faking it due to being part of the global neodarwinian conspiracy, but there will also be a large group of people being on the fence right now who'll hopefully drop their stupid religion.
BAM.

[SpacePirateCaine]

I'd really like for there to be some proof of life on Mars. For humankind in general, this is very unlikely to have all that huge of an impact - until the general populace can witness with their own eyes said life, I don't imagine it very likely to even shake the faith of people who religiously believe that life is unique on Earth, since faith would likely lead most to deny that the reports are accurate.

It's as likely as not that the only life we're likely to find on Mars would be a handful of extremophiles which are capable of living in the hostile environment of Mars. Still no intelligent life, but it would certainly be a step in the right direction for those of us who believe that statistically, there must be life elsewhere, considering the size of our universe. I have doubts we'll ever see any that aren't microscopic, but between Mars and Titan, we may conclude that life is far more likely than originally suspected. If as many as 3 locations in our solar system alone are populated, then there are likely to be lonely primordial soups elsewhere waiting to evolve.

Assuming that space truly is infinite, and there is some way to travel on the interstellar level that doesn't mess with the theory of relativity, then it's also likely there is a species out there that has the capability to do so. Whether they would be able to find us is also very unlikely, but at least it could be inspiration and spark a little more interest in some good science fiction, which I do so love to read.

[Adrian  ]

More importantly there is a smiley face in the crater there, that Mr Jack posted, what does it all mean?

[Snake]

When you die you'll probably be overcome with evil and end up in your own pre-destined hell.

Our very own Silent Hill?

[MrColossal]

Calin, if fossils are found on Mars I will be happy.

If living life is found on Mars and it can be proven to not have been contamination from the probe, I will do back flips.

If living life is found on Mars and it does not have DNA I will flip the fuck out.

It may seem weird but I will feel like that is enough for me. Like, I'm not afraid of dying because of hell or because then I will be nothing, I just want to know things. I want to know how things turn out. If we can find even simple life on another planet I will feel like that's good enough to die with. If that makes any sense?

Then again, if we can go to a planet and find a fish like being say in Europa, I will probably explode upon seeing the picture. My guts would just PAINT the walls of my room.

[Calin Leafshade]

I actually do completely understand what you mean. The idea of extraterrestrial life has always tantalised me. I feel it would legitimise our place in the universe and we arent just a freak accident waiting to annhilate ourselves.

With regards to europa I am DESPERATE for them to send a lander there. Europa could support life as we understand it on earth. We now know that life does not depend on sunlight and there is absolutly no reason why there could not be small aquatic animals on the sea bed of europa fuelled by undersea vents.

If they dont do it soon i'm going myself. I'm going to build a damn rocket and go to europa.

[MrColossal]

As I understand it a hurdle to getting at the sea on Europa is the kilometer of ice we'd need to dig through.

I mean I can't really argue with that but COME ON. COME-ON-COME-ON-COME-ON!

[Evil]

The problem with Europa is even if we can get through the ice, we can't really guarantee that we can sterilize any probe to keep from contaminating a potentially "ideal" environment for live. It would be an astounding feat if we could get below the ice, but I'm not sure NASA will ever probe Europa because of the danger of bringing organic contaminants. Hopefully other countries also appreciate the danger of affecting a literally life changing discovery.

[Ryan Timothy B]

Just imagine destroying the ecosystem on an entire planet/moon with only a few strands of bacteria.

[Calin Leafshade]

meh, we've done worse.

[Evil]

But at least to our own planet. Can you imagine if we accidentally killed all life, possibly life more intelligent than our own, on a foreign planet, with only a few bacteria left on a tiny droid that more than likely won't give us a whole lot of valuable information? We'd for sure never get a date for Universe Prom.

[Huw Dawson]

That's very depressing.