[meteorite-list] "Conclusive"

From: EKGMARS_at_aol.com <EKGMARS_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:12 2004
Message-ID: <146.30fe96c.28fc99c7_at_aol.com>

Recently several comments have been directed at the press release "Conclusive prove of life on Mars ..." which came from England in regards to a forthcoming book by H. Couper and N. Henbest. The book describes the peer reviewed scientific paper published in Feburary 2001 in the journal Precambrian Research. The words "Conclusive..." are those from the press release and not those of the authors (E.K. Gibson et al.) of the manuscript. The complete manuscript "Life on Mars: Evaluation of the evidence within Martian meteorites ALH84001, Nakhla and Shergotty" [Precambrian Research Vol. 106, pp. 15-34 (2001) can be found at the following web site:
http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/astrobiology/biomarkers/pubs/PrecambrianResearch_106_15-34_2001.pdf
    Questions regarding contamination of the meteorites are described in the Gibson et al., manuscript.
    Everett K. Gibson (ekgmars_at_aol.com)
Received on Mon 15 Oct 2001 03:57:59 PM PDT