Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-09 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 8 May 2010 22:49:27 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: I watched this program on TV about the presence of life in extreme environments - living things have been found thriving in places and in substances never before considered possible, such as in crude oil in Panama with little to no water or

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 9:58:58 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite Hello List, Whatever your opinion is on this subject, I'm sure we can all agree on this one thing - and that one thing was well-stated by McKay himself and was quoted

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-08 Thread Melanie Matthews
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 9:58:58 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite Hello List, Whatever your opinion is on this subject, I'm sure we can all agree on this one thing - and that one thing was well-stated by McKay

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-07 Thread Jason Phillips
bolidecha...@yahoo.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 12:58 PM Hello List, Whatever your opinion is on this subject, I'm sure we can

[meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-06 Thread Shawn Alan
-Original Message- From: cdtucson at cox.net To: JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, 5 May 2010 17:32 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite Phil, I

[meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread Melanie Matthews
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043002000.html --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get!

[meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread Melanie Matthews
Sounds like these could be real this time. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/30/AR2010043002000.html --- Melanie IMCA: 2975 eBay: metmel2775 Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know what

[meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
Melanie: I think they're just recycling their old claims to try and get more taxpayer funding for their project. I'm still waiting to hear their new evidence. It's the same as their old evidence, which is weak. McKay and his crew remind me of Michael Mann and his CRU with their AGW agenda.

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread hxmendoza
I've been swayed by the mounting evidence for ancient microbes for a while now, and am in the McCay camp. Thanks Melanie, for posting this ever increasingly important story! Regards, Henry Mendoza Aurora, CO Sent from my iPod __ Visit

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread hxmendoza
Phil, No one has ever the Martian microbes were in an ocean. Only that there was water in the environment the organisms grew in. And there has been microrganisms found in and near basaltic rock. Seems that life finds niches in many environments, even extremely hostile ones. I would suggest

Re: [meteorite-list] New evidence for microbial fossils in Martian meteorite

2010-05-05 Thread cdtucson
Phil, I have no arguments against your points here but, I do have a few questions. With all due respect and hope that I am not too far off base here. Based on thousands of photos of Mars it seems to be a lot like Earth less the water and growies. Although there are a lot of places here that do