There is much documented evidence of microbes in the upper atmosphere region, I think the debatable bit though is the suggestion that life must have come from somewhere other than from Earth, - This is simply not the case. I have seen no evidence to suggest anything other than that every single life form we have ever found originated right here on earth.
Some people just cannot accept that life doesn't automatically have to have come from outer space, they are entitled to hold that view, but where is the evidence to show that life cannot possibly start on Earth? It has to start somewhere, and what better place than right here, where the conditions are warm/wet/cold/ideal? Sorry but imho panspermia is nothing more than religion by the back door.. Transfer of life from planet to planet via meteorites is more interesting, though even here we have the dilemma that just because highly evolved extreemophiles can potentially survive under controlled test conditions doesn't automatically mean they actually have, there are many other complex variables to consider, many of which are still poorly understood. Mark -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Becky and Kirk Sent: 17 September 2009 01:13 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bugs In Space! Phil, How is this "junk" science???? Kirk........... ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com> To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:11 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Bugs In Space! > G'day, Konnichiwa, Aloha, Top 'o the morning to ya!: > > > Microbes from outer space living in the upper atmosphere and bacteria > living for millions of years! If I only had more time to read junk > science! > > Phil Whitmer > > > > > Hi listees, > > Some interesting reading... > > "...To test if meteorites might protect bacteria on their journey > through space, Horneck and her colleagues mixed samples of 50 million > spores with particles of clay, red sandstone, Martian meteorite, or > simulated Martian soil and made small lumps a centimeter in diameter. > Between 10,000 and 100,000 spores of the original 50 million survived > and when mixed with red sandstone, nearly all survived, suggesting that > even meteorites a centimeter in diameter can carry life from one planet > to another, if they completed the journey within a few years. In a rock > a meter across, bacteria could probably survive for millions of years...." > > Still don't believe? > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us. Email i...@ssl.gb.com. You should not copy or use this email or attachment(s) for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. GENERAL STATEMENT: Southern Scientific Ltd's computer systems may be monitored and communications carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes. Registered address Rectory Farm Rd, Sompting, Lancing, W Sussex BN15 0DP. Company No 1800317 ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
