if we found an earth like rock with life in it we would naturally assume it came from earth. and being an earth like rock it would be discounted as ever being a meteorite. i9f meteorites have arrived here from mars then earth meteorites with life in them mmay have fallen on mars. cheers Steve
--- On Wed, 9/16/09, JoshuaTreeMuseum <[email protected]> wrote: > From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Can Microbes Survive a Million-Year Space Journey? > Experts Say Yes > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 11:48 AM > Can Microbes Survive a Million-Year > Space Journey? Experts Say Yes > By Jason McManus > 16 September 2009 > > In a unique experiment on a galactic scale, millions of > bacterial spores > have been purposely exposed to space, to see how solar > radiation affects > them and the results supported the idea that not only could > life have > arrived on Earth on meteorites, but that considerable > material has > flowed between planets. > > Closer to home, scientists have analyzed aerial dust > samples collected > by Charles Darwin and confirmed that microbes can travel > across > continents without the need for planes or trains - rather > bacteria and > fungi hitch-hike by attaching to dust particles. Their > results clearly > show that diverse microbes, including ascomycetes, and > eubacteria can > live for centuries and survive intercontinental travel. > ---------------------------------------------------- > > It takes a huge leap of faith to go from a few centuries > and intercontinental travel to MILLIONS of years traveling > in OUTER SPACE! Extrapolation to the extreme. > > If the UV doesn't get 'em surely the Van Allen radiation > will over the (how many years?) in a declining orbit > around the Earth. > > Quote: "In a rock a meter across, bacteria could probably > survive for millions of years" > Re(butt)al: "Yes, and monkeys could probably fly out of my > butt." > > So where exactly are these imaginary panspermic > endospores coming from? Certainly not from Mars. My guess is > an undiscovered planet called Pie In The Sky. > > Of course, it'll only take the discovery of one single ET > in a meteorite for me to adjust my belief system > accordingly. > > Emperically yours, > > Phil Whitmer > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
