Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-15 Thread Kevin Forbes
I've been thinking about this one for a while, especially after I saw the white silica soil images. It would be reasonable to assume the presence of profitable fields of precious opal. Regards, Kevin. _ Get a preview of Live

[meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
When Viking got to Mars, it found what looked like clear evidence of the shoreline of a vast ancient sea. Exciting. Later, closer looks show that the shoreline was not level; it waved up and down. Shorelines don't do that -- goodbye to the Seas of Barsoom. Geophysicists at UC Berkeley

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Rob McCafferty
Fascinating article from both yourself and Ron. It left me thinking I could have thought of that if only I were a little bit smarter as I knew all the mechanisms involved. To see what is right in front of your face is a constant challenge Meanwhile, we can put a sedimentary Martian Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- samc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get more convinced as time passes, that we *will* find either active or fossil life forms on Mars in my lifetime. Don't kid yourself Mark, I think you'd get better money if you put it on Mars being proven to be a lifeless lump of rock and always

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
PROTECTED] Cc: Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS I get more convinced as time passes, that we *will* find either active or fossil life forms on Mars in my lifetime. Great

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Mark Crawford
I get more convinced as time passes, that we *will* find either active or fossil life forms on Mars in my lifetime. Don't kid yourself Mark, Did you ever do that calculation in physics where you If not, it works out that the chances are that you have to leave the box for something like

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Norbert Classen
Hi Rob, Mark, and All, While I doubt that someone will be able to find/prove life on extrasolar planets during the next ten years I'm personally convinced that life itself is not that rare in the vastness that we tend to call our universe. Just imagine the billions of galaxies, each bearing

Re: [meteorite-list] [Meteorite List] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread LITIG8NSHARK
In a message dated 6/13/2007 7:56:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If the formation of life is THAT improbable, how does it come that WE are here? Good evening Folks, H. Perhaps, it might too, be fairly argued that, blind is he/she that are so closed minded as

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread David Weir
Norbert Classen wrote: If the formation of life is THAT improbable, how does it come that WE are here? I agree with your point of view. We shouldn't be surprised that we find ourselves in a universe which satisfies the conditions necessary for our existence. (quoting a version of the

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS I get more convinced as time passes, that we *will* find either active or fossil life forms on Mars in my lifetime. Don't kid yourself Mark, Did you ever do that calculation in physics where you If not, it works out that the chances are that you have to leave