Comments on: Alien Life http://www.ufomystic.com/the-redfern-files/alien-life/ UFO News, Views, and More Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:52:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: red pill junkie http://www.ufomystic.com/the-redfern-files/alien-life/#comment-2625 red pill junkie Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:23:39 +0000 http://www.ufomystic.com/the-redfern-files/alien-life/#comment-2625 What about the experiments conducted by the Viking program? From Wikipedia: "The Viking landers conducted biological experiments designed to detect life in the Martian soil if it existed with experiments designed by three separate teams, under the direction of chief scientist Gerald Soffen of NASA. The results were initially positive and one experiment met all NASA's criteria for the detection of life. But, based on the results of another test that failed to reveal any organic molecules in the soil, most scientists became convinced that the results were likely caused by a nonbiological chemical reaction. However, the matter is still under debate and some recent research adds support to the biological interpretation." Maybe the powers at be didn't feel the public was ready for the impact of finding life elsewhere in the solar system. Maybe all this time they have prepared us for the news (revealing the existence of great quantities of water in Mars in the distant past, then saying water might still be present in Mars underneath the surface), and it will be eventually released in the next NASA missions. What about the experiments conducted by the Viking program?

From Wikipedia:

“The Viking landers conducted biological experiments designed to detect life in the Martian soil if it existed with experiments designed by three separate teams, under the direction of chief scientist Gerald Soffen of NASA. The results were initially positive and one experiment met all NASA’s criteria for the detection of life. But, based on the results of another test that failed to reveal any organic molecules in the soil, most scientists became convinced that the results were likely caused by a nonbiological chemical reaction. However, the matter is still under debate and some recent research adds support to the biological interpretation.”

Maybe the powers at be didn’t feel the public was ready for the impact of finding life elsewhere in the solar system. Maybe all this time they have prepared us for the news (revealing the existence of great quantities of water in Mars in the distant past, then saying water might still be present in Mars underneath the surface), and it will be eventually released in the next NASA missions.

]]> By: mister ecks http://www.ufomystic.com/the-redfern-files/alien-life/#comment-2616 mister ecks Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:36:31 +0000 http://www.ufomystic.com/the-redfern-files/alien-life/#comment-2616 “no discovery that we can make in our exploration of the solar system would have greater impact on our view of our position in the cosmos, or be more inspiring, than the discovery of an alien life form, even a primitive one. At the same time, it is clear that nothing would be more tragic in the American exploration of space than to encounter alien life without recognizing it.” you gotta wonder if this has already happened... “no discovery that we can make in our exploration of the solar system would have greater impact on our view of our position in the cosmos, or be more inspiring, than the discovery of an alien life form, even a primitive one. At the same time, it is clear that nothing would be more tragic in the American exploration of space than to encounter alien life without recognizing it.”

you gotta wonder if this has already happened…

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