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nadinbrzezinski

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10. That is the controversy

Reply to enlightenment (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 12:52 AM

Sep 2012

one side is saying, ooops, the other is saying, no, not really.

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NASA hopes the Mars rover doesn't find water [View all] jsr Sep 2012 OP

Well we humans have screwed up earth.why not mars...nobody lives there. nanabugg Sep 2012 #1

And another NASA thread hauled into kneejerk misanthropy on the first response. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #3

Yep, happens every time. eqfan592 Sep 2012 #4

This misanthropic BS is so predictable. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #7

I think he was Missycim Sep 2012 #33

We haven't screwed up Earth and can't except by perhaps some nuclear means... yawnmaster Sep 2012 #30

and so begins, an epic tale of the evolution of martians JesterCS Sep 2012 #2

Bolero Ellipsis Sep 2012 #5

Allegro Non Troppo ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #28

If there is life on Mars, and we presented any kind of danger to them, we would have teddy51 Sep 2012 #6

Nah. If there were intelligent aliens that wanted to get rid of humans... Speck Tater Sep 2012 #8

or invent birth control pills which leach into the ground water and turn everybody into a girl librechik Sep 2012 #21

Wouldn't work. Speck Tater Sep 2012 #27

lol librechik Sep 2012 #29

I'm confused. enlightenment Sep 2012 #9

That is the controversy nadinbrzezinski Sep 2012 #10

As I understood it... NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #11

So.. they are afraid the Martians will sue us for contamination? SoCalDem Sep 2012 #12

So, if that's the fear wouldn't enlightenment Sep 2012 #24

The folks over at NASA are a lot smarter than I am with this stuff, so NYC Liberal Sep 2012 #31

Sorry - that last post was more of a enlightenment Sep 2012 #36

check this out--a former insurance investigator examines/analyzes Mars satellite photos librechik Sep 2012 #13

Uh, he spent his career in the insurance industry, not NASA. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2012 #26

NASA has spent more than 30 years on Mars trying to find evidence of life. randome Sep 2012 #14

If these microbes survive, isn't that proof enough of life on mars. boston bean Sep 2012 #34

Personally, I welcome our earth spawned mars microbe overlords. nt Javaman Sep 2012 #15

Flesh Eating Slime Mold from Space... Evasporque Sep 2012 #16

Go on! Poke it with a stick! I dare you! randome Sep 2012 #17

Repost Major Nikon Sep 2012 #18

It's terminal ornotna Sep 2012 #19

Love it! Marrah_G Sep 2012 #20

Listen.. If a stray microbe could eventually render Mars habitable annabanana Sep 2012 #22

Thank God they didn't send a probe to Uranus. edbermac Sep 2012 #23

Maybe the microbes could terraform Mars. SWTORFanatic Sep 2012 #25

And so the war with mars began jp11 Sep 2012 #32

What if humans are just evolved microbes left over from drill-bit contamination by ancient aliens? JaneyVee Sep 2012 #35