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Warren DeMontague

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42. If so, then I misread.

Reply to EOTE (Reply #40)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 05:02 PM

Apr 2012

Definitely.

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Viking Robots Found Life on Mars in 1976! Scientists release new analysis of Mars probe data. [View all] Better Believe It Apr 2012 OP

STOP! OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #1

! The first thing I thought of! ellie Apr 2012 #24

I welcome our future Martian overlords. hifiguy Apr 2012 #2

Bacteria can withstand extremes of temperature almost beyond our comprehension. dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #3

I remember that Mars expedition Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2012 #4

Not really - depends on how you look at the data. jeff47 Apr 2012 #15

Sigh. TheWraith Apr 2012 #5

We have spent decades and billions of dollars 'proving' the same thing over and over. randome Apr 2012 #6

We'd have a hard time getting back to the Moon in a decade.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #7

Holy Heisenberg! If you send astronauts there *OF COURSE* there'll be life. Duh! Bruce Wayne Apr 2012 #12

Actually, that would be the worst thing to do. originalpckelly Apr 2012 #20

No human expedition needed to nail down the claim Peregrine Apr 2012 #8

I used to work for guy who was the principal on the original Viking label release experiment. DCBob Apr 2012 #9

I asked my old man about him. sofa king Apr 2012 #31

Yes, it is very possible we are contaminating the solar system with our own bacteria. DCBob Apr 2012 #32

You ought to see him pack a suitcase! sofa king Apr 2012 #33

Did you ever think his work was suppressed lovuian Apr 2012 #35

I think it was more "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". DCBob Apr 2012 #37

I worked on the Viking missions DavidDvorkin Apr 2012 #10

Did you know Gil Levin? DCBob Apr 2012 #14

The name doesn't sound familiar DavidDvorkin Apr 2012 #17

He was the lead investigator for the labeled release experiment as I mentioned in an earlier post. DCBob Apr 2012 #25

Where did he work? DavidDvorkin Apr 2012 #26

He was independent but he worked with the folks at JPL. DCBob Apr 2012 #28

Gil Levin has two websites bananas Apr 2012 #29

Thanks bananas. DCBob Apr 2012 #30

perchlorate ? jakeXT Apr 2012 #11

Good old viking robots. hughee99 Apr 2012 #13

That headline is MISLEADING!!!! Marrah_G Apr 2012 #16

Life outside of earth is a lot like ghosts The Straight Story Apr 2012 #18

The problem is that the media frenzy will almost certainly... originalpckelly Apr 2012 #22

Oh, for fuck's sake. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #38

I believe that TSS was taking a subtle slam at those who would conflate the two. EOTE Apr 2012 #40

If so, then I misread. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #42

Well... Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #19

This would be the same NASA that said life even remotely like us... originalpckelly Apr 2012 #21

way to go,viking robot! Swede Apr 2012 #23

Are the bacteria pro or anti-Obama? ellisonz Apr 2012 #27

The ones who post on DU think Obama's a sellout. DavidDvorkin Apr 2012 #34

WTF is a Viking Robot? Aerows Apr 2012 #36

I wonder if The Mars Science Laboratory will be able to offer any additional insight Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #39

I hope so. Thanks for the link. Better Believe It Apr 2012 #41