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Re: More Martian Meteorites Coming this Way!

Walter - 
    Welcome to the "science" of the "Let's send men to Mars" space
enthusiasts.
    The most significant reason for not sending men 
to Mars is the problem of biological contamination:
we don't know for certain if the planet is indeed 
sterile.  While there are a lot of other reasons, this
one is a show stopper: You can't risk exposing the crew, and you
certainly can't risk exposing the Earth, 
to a possible Martian organism.
     So, they need to prove 1) that there has been a 
whole lot of meteorites falling to Earth from Mars, 
2) that some of them travel here real fast quite often,
and 3) that micro-organisms survive the flight through
space.  And as is usual with "science" of this type, they don't let
facts interfere with their conclusions.
     Congratulations on identifying the symptoms.  This is the
disease, and I don't a have a clue as to how to 
stop it.
                                     Best wishes - 
                                          Ed                          
     


   





---WBranchsb@aol.com wrote:
>
> Hello Michael,
> 
> >Dear Walter,
> >	I know I am very concrete in my thought process & often mis "subtle"
> >humor. Are you saying the article "clicked to" in your last posting
is
> >completely bogus & meant to be "funny?"
> >	Michael
> 
> The first thing that strikes me as being funny is the justaposition
of the
> Martian meteorites (a very serious scientific subject) with a page
devoted to
> UFOs (well, you know).
> 
> Look at the following statement:
> 
> >About 7 percent of Martian rocks knocked away from Mars eventually
hit Earth,
> >while more than 30 percent eventually burn up in the sun. The
remainder
> strike >other solar system neighbors.
> 
> This sounds too authoratative with no range of percentages.  Granted
most
> meteorites land in the oceans but these figures sound too precise.
> 
> And this one:
> 
> >Burns' research indicates that the rocks coming from Mars would
take six
> months >to reach Earth.
> 
> Six months?  Isn't this the figure often quoted as being the time it
would
> take a manned mission to reach Mars?  Has analysis of SNC material
indicated
> cosmic ray ages of 6 months (no, too short of a time span to
calculate)?
> 
> And this one:
>  
> >Studies have shown that microscopic life can survive in space for
at least
> six >months.
> 
> What studies?  Are they analogue studies?  Has there been a shuttle
mission
> which confirmed that  "microscopic life can survive in space for at
least six
> months."  (I am asking a serious question - if anyone know of these
studies
> please let me know).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Walter
> 
> 
> 
> 
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