Re: [meteorite-list] Alien life - we are the proof

2009-09-07 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Eric - Several times during our evolution we were nearly wiped out by impacts. It was very close, and unfortunately due to inaction in detection budgets it is still too close to call. If other solar systems have accretion mechanics similar to ours, and there is no reason to assert

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Life

2009-09-05 Thread Michael Blood
Hi Sterling, OK, when I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Best wishes, Michael PS: But please, we don't need no stinking badges! From: Sterling K. Webb sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:45 AM To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc:

[meteorite-list] Alien life topic

2009-09-02 Thread Greg Catterton
Here is some interesting reading. GLycine in Wild 2 comet dust provides fresh evidence of life beyond earth Australian Associated Press | AFP The discovery ... strengthens the argument that life in the universe may be common rather than rare. Astrobiologist Carl Pilcher Scientists have

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien life topic

2009-09-02 Thread Becky and Kirk
...:-) - Original Message - From: Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:09 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Alien life topic Here is some interesting reading. GLycine in Wild 2 comet dust provides fresh evidence

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien life topic

2009-09-02 Thread Becky and Kirk
Oh---BTW---I agree with Greg! Have a good day all! Kirk..:-) - Original Message - From: Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:09 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Alien life topic Here is some

[meteorite-list] Alien Life - We are the proof!

2009-09-02 Thread Meteorites USA
Hi List, Ok, Now we're getting somewhere. Why I didn't see the aliens for all the humans I don't know. Kind of the forest for the trees scenario I guess. Which just goes to show that life does in fact exist elsewhere. Our own existence proves it. We are that life, we exist therefore other

[meteorite-list] Alien Life Topic

2009-09-02 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Hi Kirk, You do understand the difference between evidence and proof, do you not? No one is denying the abundance of building blocks in comets and meteorites. You can't swing a dead cat on a rope and not hit a building block. Amino acids, glycine, phosphorus, carbon, water, you name it,

[meteorite-list] Alien Life Topic

2009-09-02 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Hi Eric, Nice summary of the anthropic principle: no matter how low the probability that any given galaxy will have intelligent life in it, the universe must have at least one intelligent species by definition otherwise the question would not arise. (Wikipedia) Hi List, Ok, Now we're

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Life Topic

2009-09-02 Thread GREG LINDH
-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:24:05 -0400 Subject: [meteorite-list] Alien Life Topic Hi Kirk, You do understand the difference between evidence and proof, do you not? No one is denying the abundance of building blocks in comets and meteorites. You can't swing a dead

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien Life - We are the proof!

2009-09-02 Thread Becky and Kirk
Great post Erictres bien! You said it better than I tried to!! Kirk...:-) - Original Message - From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:05 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Alien Life - We

[meteorite-list] Alien life? or Fungus from space?

2009-08-25 Thread Steve Schoner
Alien life discussion is interesting, but, this is what our cities look like from space: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/picture-galleries/5973258/Cities-at-night-from-space-photographed-by-NASA-astronauts-on-the-International-Space-Station.html Looks like mold. Our planet is rotting!

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien life? or Fungus from space?

2009-08-25 Thread drtanuki
: From: Steve Schoner scho...@mybluelight.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Alien life? or Fungus from space? To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 11:20 PM Alien life discussion is interesting, but, this is what our cities look like from space: http

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien life? or Fungus from space?

2009-08-25 Thread Pete Pete
...@mybluelight.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Alien life? or Fungus from space? Steve, Your observation is not far from the truth. Large areas of native untouched lands are daily destroyed to build houses and other needless constructions worldwide

Re: [meteorite-list] Alien life? or Fungus from space? Or VIRAL HUMANITY?

2009-08-25 Thread Meteorites USA
Interesting perspective. I always thought it looked rather like bacteria growth in a petri dish. Kinda sad really. Maybe you're right. Maybe we are parasites on the earth. Using up Earth's natural resources, devouring the planet, and chewing up the growth media that is the land. When we're

[meteorite-list] Alien Life Can Survive Trip to Earth, Space Test Shows

2007-11-12 Thread Mike Groetz
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/11/071112-space-rock.html Alien Life Can Survive Trip to Earth, Space Test Shows James Owen for National Geographic News November 12, 2007 We could have alien origins, say scientists who sent fossilized microscopic life-forms into space