Totally agree with Mark's quote below about Panspermia. As to reverse contamination-- studies so far suggest launching and landing temperatures are sufficiently low that neither process sterilizes the cargo: Mars to Earth or Earth to Mars transport.
Elton --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Mark Ford <mark.f...@ssl.gb.com> wrote: << To be honest this whole Panspermia concept, has become a bit of a religion in some circles, how is it more likely that Earth was seeded by alien life than that that the Earth started life by itself? Earth is perfect for life, all the ingredients are or where present, we haven't seen anywhere else in the universe like earth for long enough, so it seems sensible to assume it all started right here... in a galaxy not so very far away.. Mark>> ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
