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Re: Please comment
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- Subject: Re: Please comment
- From: jwcart@europa.com (John Cart)
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 16:58:07 -0700 (PDT)
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>I am not scientist - just a regular citizen with some common sense
>
>Please comment via E-Mail on the following:
>
>Recent "Life on Mars" frenzy mostly based on the assumption that there
>are 12 "Martian Meteorites" in NASA collection
>
>Leaving apart /by my opinion not substantiated/ conclusion of "Life
>Traces" I am absolutely disagree with
>alleged Mars origin of these meteorites.
> Some common sense arguments:
>1. For MILLIONS years BILLIONS of meteorites traveling near Earth orbit
>2. Planet Mars is a very, very, very, very small part of possible
>originations of these Meteorites
>3. Scientists made probe of atmospheric composition on Mars one time.
>There are lot of probes which WERE NOT made (on THOUSANDS of possible
>origination places during MILLIONS of years)
>
>BECAUSE OF CORRELATION OF ANALYSES OF THE CONTEMPORARY SAMPLE IN ONE
>PLACE ON MARS TO THE 12 MILLIONS YEARS OLD SAMPLE ATMOSPHERIC
>COMPOSITION - THESE METEORITES CALLED "MARTIAN" (As I understand
>this is even not a DNA test or fingerprint which were BTW not conclusive
>enough to convict O.J. :)
>
>It is just shameful speculations filled with scientific terminology.
>Unfortunately it is a natural human tendency - when people does not have
>real objective reliable and complete statistic data they attend to
>speculate on the basis of what they have, to declare a "discovery"
>
>I will really appreciate if you could find a minute to send me your
>comments and in case if you are disagree with me please tell me the
>names of the scientists who also does not believe that this "mail" has a
>readable return address.
>
>Thank you very much,
>Sincerely,
>
>Alexander Sheftman, New York
>
>P.S. I think that many scientists just afraid to go against opinion
>supported by NASA...
>
>
Others have already expressed my opinions on this subject much better than I
could, but I do feel a need to say the following: SNC meterorites are not
from Mars, O.J. didn't really kill Nicole, Hubble photographs show monkeys
flying out of Uranus.....
Regards,
John