Comments on: Worth it’s own thread – Curiosity all but rules out present life on Mars. https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:17:27 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20734 ER Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:03:17 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20734 Welcome back, Marcia. Welcome back, Marcia.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20733 RobVG Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:02:32 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20733 Hi Marcia! :) Hi Marcia! :)

]]> By: Marcia https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20725 Marcia Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:34:55 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20725 ... we still need those 'core samples' ;) Anytime now, REALLY! :) I know, much has happened... good grief, Pluto has FIVE moons now and counting. :) I've missed you and all! Ad astra and best... sorry, and I'll keep in touch. Good to see and know that you're all here!!! … we still need those ‘core samples’ ;) Anytime now, REALLY! :)

I know, much has happened… good grief, Pluto has FIVE moons now and counting. :) I’ve missed you and all!

Ad astra and best… sorry, and I’ll keep in touch. Good to see and know that you’re all here!!!

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20721 alcaray Sat, 17 Nov 2012 08:00:36 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20721 ...till they found out how hot and poisonous and how high the atmospheric pressure is. I think we need to build our own places to live out there. …till they found out how hot and poisonous and how high the atmospheric pressure is. I think we need to build our own places to live out there.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20718 bowser Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:34:57 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20718 And you are completely correct, the Mariners data certainly cut the chances of finding anything down to next to nothing. Finding life on Mars has always been one of the selling points of NASA. It seems to be something with appeal to the taxpayers. It certainly does me, though I don't believe there is anything now. May have been once. And you are completely correct, the Mariners data certainly cut the chances of finding anything down to next to nothing.

Finding life on Mars has always been one of the selling points of NASA. It seems to be something with appeal to the taxpayers. It certainly does me, though I don’t believe there is anything now. May have been once.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20693 alcaray Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:59:43 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20693 ...had very little atmosphere, very little water, no seasonal life cycles (as some thought they saw telescopically) but rather global dust storms. Very little erosion, craters - a surface as much like the moon as like earth. It did not definitevely prove 'no life', but we never will prove that negative. And there will always be those who hold out hope. After mariner, chances went way way down. …had very little atmosphere, very little water, no seasonal life cycles (as some thought they saw telescopically) but rather global dust storms. Very little erosion, craters – a surface as much like the moon as like earth.

It did not definitevely prove ‘no life’, but we never will prove that negative. And there will always be those who hold out hope. After mariner, chances went way way down.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20662 bowser Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:30:36 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20662 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mars/mariner.html "The results of the Mariner 9 mission paved the way for the Viking program. Confirmation of atmospheric pressure allowed engineers to design the Viking landers for a safe descent, and the fantastic images and data retrieved fueled the fire for further Mars exploration. The possibility of life on Mars was an irresistable mystery and, on August 20, 1975, the Viking program was launched with a variety of experiments... including experiments designed to search for signs of Martian life." http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mars/mariner.html

“The results of the Mariner 9 mission paved the way for the Viking program. Confirmation of atmospheric pressure allowed engineers to design the Viking landers for a safe descent, and the fantastic images and data retrieved fueled the fire for further Mars exploration. The possibility of life on Mars was an irresistable mystery and, on August 20, 1975, the Viking program was launched with a variety of experiments… including experiments designed to search for signs of Martian life.”

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20603 alcaray Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:00:25 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20603 In the 60s. In the 60s.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/11/15/worth-its-own-thread-curiosity-all-but-rules-out-present-life-on-mars/#comment-20592 RobVG Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:53:04 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=26036#comment-20592 <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/91848/new-study-says-large-regions-of-mars-could-sustain-life/" rel="nofollow">Maybe little chance 'on' Mars but what about in Mars</a> Maybe little chance ‘on’ Mars but what about in Mars

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