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Life Found in a Meteorite? Some Scientists Don't Buy It

Posted March 11, 2011 9:35 AM

From Yahoo! News: Science News:

The question of where life began is one of the enduring mysteries of science. Charles Darwin himself speculated that it might have happened in "a warm little pond," while modern biologists think the superheated water around seafloor volcanic vents is a more likely spot. But a far more exotic proposal has been floating around for years: maybe life first arose in outer space and came to earth fully formed.

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Re: Life Found in a Meteorite? Some Scientists Don't Buy It

03/12/2011 9:08 AM

I read the entire article attached to this blog. There is nothing wrong in reporting one's observations. The problem comes in documentation. The fossil material (if you can call it that) found in the latest meteorite is different than which was found in the Mars rock --------- so was the type of "fossilized" material. Bart Nagy was a good friend of mine as was Frank Staplin. They were excellent in their Reseach Analyses. They documented what they found and offered possible explanations. This is what science is all about. Before jumping on someone for making OUT OF THIS WORLD SUGGESTIONS just remember none of these people have said that the material was necessarily and positively from outer space. What they did report was FACT. The material was in the meteorite. Whether the bacteria invaded the meteorite after the object hit the earth or not remains to be proven. It's all open to speculation.

At this point in time I see no really good evidence put forth for man to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that the bacteria in the latest meteorite find is from some place other than earth. The possibility remains that it could be. It also is a possibility that NASA needs to look for additional funds to continue doing what NASA does. Since money is in short supply, this may or may not be a publicity thing.

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