Life on Mars - Yes. Maybe.

[gordo]

Unfortunately it's The Sun newspaper in England that's been doing all the reporting but, Page 3 notwithstanding, the news about the discovery of life (or not) on Mars might be pretty amazing (or not):
=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepa...of methane gas on planet Mars | The Sun |News
here's what I could find at a more restrained NASA:
=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/...e Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet

best, gordon p

 

[otherthoughts]

I had trouble with the links. I believe the ones below may work for those of us having trouble. I hope I got them right.

Sun
Life on Mars | Nasa's historic discovery of methane gas on planet Mars | The Sun |News

NASA
NASA - Martian Methane Reveals the Red Planet is not a Dead Planet

As for the subject matter, I find it very thought provoking on so many levels. I hope we won't have to remain in suspense very long for scientific certainty. Perhaps another Martian lander/rover mission like the recent "Spirit" and "Opportunity" missions equipped with a mass spectrometer is feasible in the not too distant future.

For more info on sorting things out
Analysis of stratospheric air resolves enigma of hydrogen balance in Earth's atmosphere

 

[david]

Where did the gas come from

Where did the gas come from

I laughed at the comment from a reader "Maybe the gas came from Uranus"

 

[oxburger]

Maybe since there are all these billionaires with nothing better to do with their money except buy islands and launch themselves into space, maybe they should just buy a rocket, load it with bacteria that thrive under Mars' conditions and launch the the thing at Mars. Then see what happens in a couple of decades.....