I am hoping the announcement will be evidence of life off earth since I believe it is likely. But after having thanksgiving dinner in League City near Houston nasa and no gossip from the engineers I doubt anything awesome. Only time will tell.
On Wed Dec 1st, 2010 3:10 PM EST Meteorites USA wrote: >I don't think it will be a disclaimer, though they might say something, it's >highly doubtful they'd put together a panel of distinguished scientists to >discount the likes of delusional people. You wouldn't need 5 >scientists/astrobiologists. A NASA spokesperson would suffice for something >like that.. > >In an earlier list post Richard Kowalski mentioned that it could be anything. >As well it could be... NASA says "...to discuss an astrobiology *finding* that >will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life..." That could >mean lots of different things. It could impact it in a "negative" way. They >could have found a new element which destroys life and makes it impossible for >life to survive in space. In fact this doesn't say anything about space, >except for the connection we're automatically drawing with astrobiology. > >So what is it...? Guess we'll have to wait until tomorrow. > >Could be it an historic discovery? Or maybe I'm just hoping really hard...;) >It could be something not so grand as a fossil in a meteorite. Perhaps another >amino acid, or a newly discovered deepwater plankton which can survive in >space too. Who knows... > >I'll keep on hoping for aliens in rocks from space. > >Eric > > >On 12/1/2010 7:14 AM, Steve Dunklee wrote.." > > >> Has it occured to anyone the announcement might be a disclaimer stating no >> clear evidence of microbial life has been found? That the suspected fossils >> were actually caused by solar radiation or some other geological process >> which simulates fossils? I guess we will find out on the 2nd. Have a great >> day. Steve Dunklee. >> >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
