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NYC Liberal

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11. As I understood it...

Reply to enlightenment (Reply #9)

Mon Sep 10, 2012, 05:02 AM

Sep 2012

they won't survive long...unless they are introduced to water, in which case they could potentially survive and thrive in the water. If they aren't exposed to water they will die off.

That drilling at Glenelg Intrigue isn't scheduled for another month.

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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