[Rockhounds] A field guide to finding fossils on Mars. (open access paper)

[Timothy Blackwood]

Dora,

"NO!"? As in "NO! You haven't read the paper."? Or that you REFUSE to read the paper?

I'm going out on a limb here and guessing you think that "Planet Earth" is the only place with life (past or present). While conditions today may not be favorable for life, who's to say they werent in the past. The article simply indicates what scientists should look for in the way of life that may have evolved when conditions were still favorable. I don't think there were ever "Little Green Men" on Mars. Maybe elsewhere in the universe though. I'd love to know what kinds of minerals they're collecting. 🙂

But I do think there has to be life of some kinds out there. Otherwise, there's a whole lot of wasted if our planet is the only occupied one.

Going back under my rock now. lol


Timothy J. Blackwood
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From: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> on behalf of Dora Smith <tiggernut24 at yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] A field guide to finding fossils on Mars. (open access paper)

NO.

Spoken from Planet Earth.   Without any of that funny weed.

Dora

On 3/9/2019 10:00 PM, Kitty wrote:
> Read. The.  Article.
>
> Aloha, Kitty
>
> On 3/8/2019 4:49 PM, Dora Smith wrote:
> It's a joke, right?  There ARE no fossils on Mars.
>
> Dora
>
> On 3/8/2019 8:11 PM, Paul wrote:
> McMahon, S., Bosak, T., Grotzinger, J.P., Milliken, R.E.,
> Summons, R.E., Daye, M., Newman, S.A., Fraeman, A.,
> Williford, K.H. and Briggs, D.E.G., 2018. A field guide
> to finding fossils on Mars. Journal of Geophysical
> Research: Planets.vol. 123, no. 5, pp. 1020-1040
> https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2017JE005478
>
> McMahon, S., The chemistry of fossilization on Earth and Mars.
> http://www.portlandpresspublishing.com/sites/default/files/biochemist/Biochemist%20Space%20issue%20Dec%202018/BioDEC18_chemistry%20of%20fossilization%20pg%2028.pdf
>
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
>
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