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Alien Life-Searching Techniques Tested

Posted May 08, 2008 8:44 AM

From SPACE.com:

Many space missions use robots to explore. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still travelling around Mars, taking pictures and digging in the dirt. But could a robot identify alien life? How would a machine know the difference, for instance, between a rock and bacteria? Hoping to answer this question, a group of scientists led by Derek Pullan of the University of Leicester used robotic explorer instruments to examine rocks here on Earth. To make their tests as realistic as possible, the researchers collected rock samples similar to what we'd find on Mars and then studied them with high-tech equipment.

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Re: Alien Life-Searching Techniques Tested

05/09/2008 3:06 AM

There actually is already life on Mars.

The early transmissions from Mars were so alarming, re life and the sky colour (blue), that the scientists concerned were instructed to hide the results, and never allow "the public" to know the truth.

Most folks assume the Mars sky is a reddish colour, but the true colour is faded blue, somewhat like ours, and the surface is a faded green colour, covered with lichen-like organisms, unlike the reddish colour we have been told exists there.

There are a considerable number of anomalies in the photographs sent back from Mars, as there appear to be identifiable buildings, waterfalls, pipes, 12 to 14 foot diameter tubes snaking across the surface in some areas, hieroglyphic marks on rocks, and much more.

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05/09/2008 8:20 AM

This is true. The reason the Spirit and Oppertunity projects have gone on far, far longer than they were originally intended is so NASA can continue to flood the media with pictures of a dead world. Also they're paying the scientests "hush money" by having them spend time generating tons of fake information.

Mars isn't such a bad place. The natives are generally wise and friendly. Very good at knitting too, which is odd given the scarcity of yarn. The lichen makes for a tasty salad, even though humans can't really digest it.

Mind you, it's not all good. The so-called dust storms are actually swarms of little bitty flea-sized bugs. They normally live in the vast volcanic caverns below the surface but come out to mate. And the cost of postage there is outrageous! That's why so few letters ever come from Mars. Oh, and there's a curse on visitors too. But that's just superstition.

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05/09/2008 10:56 AM

Sparky, is this another one of your conspiracy theories or are you trying to pull one over on us? What would the conspirators possibly have to gain or protect by hiding buildings, waterfalls and plumbing fixtures from us? How would you possibly be the 'leak'? Aren't you a part of the 'public' the conspirators are hiding this information from?

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