tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post573049714832635828..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-91192760655381904632008-03-08T00:23:00.000-06:002008-03-08T00:23:00.000-06:00Maybe even more complex forms of life.I've seen a ...<I>Maybe even more complex forms of life.</I><BR/><BR/>I've seen a couple of objects in the rover pix that looked for all the world like large, segmented worms. As I recall, the objects had a definite elongated, cylindrical shape and were a completely different color from the surrounding rocks and terrain.<BR/><BR/>My understanding of the Brookings report is that the relevant section outlines a protocol for dealing with the discovery of ETI. I'm not aware that it suggested not revealing evidence of simple life forms to the public.<BR/><BR/>This does present an interesting conundrum, though. One just wishes they'd decide, one way or the other. As it is, NASA's Mars research has been a kind of ongoing, decades-long public teaser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-20307831083131453542008-03-02T22:10:00.000-06:002008-03-02T22:10:00.000-06:00It makes me chuckle actually. There is ample evide...It makes me chuckle actually. <BR/><BR/>There is ample evidence for both standing water and organic life on Mars. I honestly don't believe this to be a case of scientific stubbornness. This is more likely an active campaign to keep sensitive research to themselves. That's not conspiracy, it's just common sense looking at the available information. <BR/><BR/>In the end it will more than likely be the ESA which confirms what many believe is truly representative of the current Martian landscape. A mostly dead world with a sprinkling of both standing water and vegetation in key climates. Maybe even more complex forms of life. <BR/><BR/>NASA's sterile version of Mars is nothing more than a show to tow the Brookings report line. Politics and policy, that's all this is. <BR/><BR/>DennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-89151056639863682412008-03-02T20:59:00.000-06:002008-03-02T20:59:00.000-06:00It's obvious to me (and probably a lot of other pe...It's obvious to me (and probably a lot of other people) that there are two contending schools of thought within the NASA scientific community on the whole issue of possible surface water/life. (The two do seem inextricably linked.) Since the so-called "mainstream media" seem not to have a clue how things work in the scientific community, we get this back-and-forth now-there's-surface-water-now-there isn't thing without any real context within which to make our own judgments....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com